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Tree
Canopies and Sun Flecks
by Forrest M. Mims III
Plants that grow on the floor of a forest receive
very little sunlight. Such plants are often categorized
as subcanopy vegetation.
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Keeping
Your Eyes Open
Allen E. Rhodes
I've found that there
are many opportunities to expand personal
knowledge of the fauna in my hometown
of Seguin, Texas, and on the ranch where
I hunt in La Salle County in South Texas.
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Reflection
on the Miracle Year
Kevin T. Kilty
LCCC Math/Physics/Engineering Departments
As many of you know, 1905 was the centennial
of Einstein's so-called miracle year.
The U.N. designated 1905 as the World
Physics Year (WPY), a year to promote
science and science literacy. Scads of
American Universities have followed along.
There were countless symposia, magazine
articles, and even several TV specials,
including one on NOVA
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Hidden
Rainbows: How to Measure Chromatic Aberrations
in Eyeglasses
Mark Valentine, Electrical Engineer
Isaac
Newton in his now famous experiment showed
that white light is actually a mixture of seven
primary colors, and that each color entering
a prism from the same direction will be bent—or
refracted—by a unique amount. The seven primary
colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
indigo and violet. Red is refracted the least,
while violet is refracted the most.
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