aimcphysics

2006-07-21T12:25:00.000-07:00

Some class reminders

No class on July 27th
Our Field Trip to Berkeley Labs is on August 3rd - meet at AIMC at 9:00 am
Our joint Physics/Chemistry class meets at 2:00 on August 3rd
Our final class meets on August 10th (which is when your final paper is due!)

Namaste

Larry

2006-07-21T12:21:00.000-07:00

Assignments for Week Eleven - Energy Medicine and Energy Fields

Blog assignments for this week:

Acupuncture as effective energy medicine
What conclusions can you draw from Kirlian photography?
Human intent as it affects health
Respond to another classmate’s blog

Check out the following links on the Institutes of Biophysics in China:

http://www.lifescientists.de/ib0100e_.htm
Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China

http://www.lifescientists.de/members/Shen.htm
The Research group in the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R.China

http://www.ibp.ac.cn/e/01/index.html
Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

and
http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/stories/11063.html
Scientists Answer Key Enamel Question

2006-07-19T21:02:00.000-07:00

Class Blog List

Here is the list of Physics blog addresses so far:

http://onelove-onetime.blogspot.com/

http://deadvegetable.blogspot.com

http:/biancaphysics.blogspot.com/

http://emily-lou.blogspot.com

http://stardustandlight.blogspot.com

http://jodykjames.blogspot.comhttp://gillian-physicsclass.blogspot.com/

www.physicstu.blogspot.com

www.marianacaza79.blogspot.com

2006-07-14T08:32:00.000-07:00

Assignments for Week Ten - Life and Living Systems

Blog assignments for this week:

I know I’m a “living system” because…….
Biophysics and me
Respond to another student’s blog

Check out the following links:

http://www.crystalinks.com/kirlian.html
Aura Photography

http://members.tripod.com/RandyHiatt/Kirlianpage.html
Kirlian Photography

http://www.experiencefestival.com/kirlian_photography
A Wisdom Archive on Kirlian Photography

And here is the link to Sondra Barrett's website - inner space gallery
http://www.mysticmolecules.com/

2006-06-30T14:04:00.000-07:00

Assignments for Week Nine - Synthesis

Blog assignments for this week:

My E-Prime Day
Can I synthesize East and West?
Post a responce to another student’s blog

Check out the following links on Biophysics:

http://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?ID=991
Oxygen Metabolism

http://www.bionetonline.org/
New discoveries in life sciences - Explore the science and debate the issues

http://www.mountainman.com.au/chaos_02.htm
Order Out of Chaos by Ilya Prigogine & Isabelle Stengers

....and.....enjoy your break!

2006-06-23T07:21:00.000-07:00

Assignments for Week Eight - Classical Physics

Blog assignments for this week:

Newton’s Three Laws and me
Our “Energy Efficient” Culture
Descartes has a lot to answer for!
Respond to another student’s blog

Check out the following links:

http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/TKno/TKnoAlte.htm
Arrow of Time: Towards a New Epistemology of Science

http://www.hinduism.co.za/newpage1.htm
Hinduism & Quantum Physics

http://www.doyletics.com/art/physicsa.htm
Physics as Metaphor by Roger S. Jones
A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Human Side of Science

http://www.rawilson.com/quantum.html
Quantum Psychology - E and E-Prime
Robert Anton Wilson

2006-06-16T10:05:00.000-07:00

Assignments for Week Seven - Chaos Theory

Blog assignments for this week:

“Ordered chaos” – does this sound familiar?
Fractals as patterns of complex systems
Consciousness out of chaos?
Conduct one of the "cool experiments" below, and write up your conclusions in your blog
Respond to each other’s blogs

Check out the following links on Classical Physics:

http://littleshop.physics.colostate.edu/amazingphysics.htm
Cool experiments you can do with stuff you probably already have around the house...

http://www.mcasco.com/p1outln.html?CFID=3769081&CFTOKEN=69535836
Physics 1 Online Course

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/billiards/billiards.html?CFID
=3769081&CFTOKEN=69535836
Billiards and Physics

http://monet.physik.unibas.ch/~elmer/pendulum/index.html?CFID
=3769081&CFTOKEN=69535836
The Pendulum Lab

2006-06-09T12:53:00.000-07:00

Your Mid-term Paper

Choose one aspect of Physics presented in class.
Present a brief analysis based on Western and Eastern world-views

Maximum word count: 500 words
(Grade point penalties for exceeding word count)

Paper Due Date: Thursday, 15^th June 2006

Papers can also be submitted soft copy to laurence_spears@yahoo.com

2006-06-08T21:34:00.000-07:00

Assignments for Week Six - Vibrations

Blog assignments for this week:

Are all vibrations “good”?
Resonance in my world
Connections I can make between Energy and Qi
Post a comment to a classmate's blog

Check out the following links on Chaos Theory:

http://www.isss.org/quotelvb.htm
Ludwig von Bertalanffy

http://www.ddewey.net/mandelbrot/
Introduction to the Mandelbrot Set
A guide for people with little math experience.

http://mathforum.org/alejandre/workshops/fractal/fractal3.html
What is a fractal?

And here is one link to Stanford's CP violation experiment - BaBar:

http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/experiments/babar.html

Check out BaBar, and post your thoughts to your blog - an extra credit assignment!

Namaste

2006-06-02T14:12:00.000-07:00

Assignments for Week Five - Symmetry and Sacred Geometry

Blog assignments for this week:

My (a)symmetrical world
Just what does this "CP violation" really mean?
Are there connections between Sacred Geometry and Physics?
Remember to respond to each other’s blogs

Check out the following links on Vibrations:

http://www.gmi.edu/~drussell/Demos.html
Acoustics and Vibration Animations

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/sound/U11L4b.html
Resonance and Standing Waves

http://www.plus2physics.com/vibrations/study_material.asp?chapter=2
Damped vibrations

http://exhibits.pacsci.org/music/MusicPhysics.html
Music Physics

2006-05-25T20:39:00.000-07:00

Assignments for Week Four - Energy, Matter and the Four Forces

Blog assignments for this week:

How has e=mc²affected you?
How would you compare the four “forces”?
What is the function of gravity?
Keep up the blog dialogue!

Check out the following links on Symmetry and Sacred Geometry:

http://www.thymos.com/tat/physics.html
The New Physics: The Ubiquitous Asymmetry
There are limits in our universe that did not exist in Newton's ideal universe.
(Excellent although extremely lengthy exposition)

http://physicsweb.org/articles/world/13/9/4/1
Magnetism points to molecular asymmetry

http://lhcb-public.web.cern.ch/lhcb-public/html/cpviolationtoc.htm
Everything you ever wanted to know about CP violation and never dared to ask

http://www.intent.com/sg/
Sacred Geometry Home Page by Bruce Rawles

2006-05-18T22:39:00.000-07:00

Assignments for Week Three

Blog assignments for this week:

What evidence can you find for synchronicity
Based on what you know, how would you explain connectivity?
Respond to at least one other student’s blog

Check out the following links on Energy, Matter and the Four Forces:

www.c2i2.com/~seven/paradox/Docs/Paradox.PPT
Your Basic Crackpot Theory Of Everything

http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/E/e=mc2/
E=mc²

http://www.geocities.com/angolano/Astronomy/FundamentalForces.html
FOUR FUNDAMENTAL FORCES OF NATURE

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/forces/funfor.html
Fundamental Forces

2006-05-11T17:19:00.000-07:00

Assignments for Week Two

Blog assignments for this week:

Your reflections on Uncertainty
Your comments on Causality
Is the Universe weird?
Respond to at least one other student’s blog

Check out the following links on Synchronicity:

http://www.crystalinks.com/synchronicity.html
Synchronicities are meaningful coincidences
Examples, definitions and some background to Jung

http://www.flowpower.com/What%20is%20Synchronicity.htm
What is Synchronicity?
More examples and discussion

http://www.science-et-magie.com/archives01/moisset/jma02syn.htm
Synchronicity and Multiple Universes

http://www.deepspirit.com/sys-tmpl/challengeofsynchronicity/
Causality and Synchronicity

Use your blog to develop an understanding of synchronicity

Welcome

2006-05-04T18:18:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Physics at AIMC Berkeley!

My name is Larry Spears, and I'll be guiding you through your Physics Course here.

As you now know, your assignments will be carried out on your own blog
So, please email me as soon as you have set up your blog account
- my email address is laurence_spears@yahoo.com

The assignments for each week will be posted here on my blog, as will a list of blog addresses for the class.

Namaste

Larry

2006-05-04T18:17:00.000-07:00

Assignments for Week One

Start your blog – try www.blogger.com - and send the url to laurence_spears@yahoo.com

Blog Assignments required this week:

Your answers to this week’s quiz
Your reflections on The Meaning of Time
Respond to at least one other student’s blog

Check out the following links on Quantum Mechanics:

http://phys.educ.ksu.edu/info/summaryOfVqm.html
The simulations under “Programs” are excellent

http://www-theory.chem.washington.edu/~trstedl/quantum/quantum.html
Some theory for non-scientists

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/The_Quantum_age_begins.html
A decent history

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics
Definitions

Use your blog to record your impressions