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What
does the speed of light have to do with food? While reading
Gerard Fonte’s article --- “Measure
the Speed of Light --- Clocking the Cosmos for Less Than $20.00”
in the April 2005 issue of Nuts & Volts Magazine, I wondered
what other methods are available to the amateur. I found that
most of the ways involved food --- Jell-0, marshmallows, chocolate
or cheese J
Some
related sites.
Scientific
American's “Light and Its Uses: Making and Using Lasers,
Interferometers and Instruments of Dispersion” is a collection
of reprints of some of the best “Amateur Scientist” columns
that dealt with the various aspects of light. This book would
be a welcome addition to many amateur’s book shelves, but,
unfortunately, it is another one of those great books that
is out of print. On the bright side, Amazon.com
says that they may have access to some used copies. You could,
also, use the Table of Contents
to see what articles to search for on your “Amateur
Scientist CD”.
You
can obtain a “user pay” sonoluminescence paper from the American Physical
Society entitled “Additional
evidence of nuclear emissions during acoustic cavitation”.
Lugoj Inc’s website,
Getting
Started on Home Brewing an STM, should prove useful
to those complementing trying their hand in this area. They
list several links to some “user pay” articles on the Scitation
site.
Allan
Coleman's broadband
vertical seismometer is a project for the more experienced
DIY experimenter.
Frank Cooper's Public Seismic
Network Station
Wanderings
What
does it take to be a good amateur scientist? --- The
story of Jack Horner and Shawn Carlson.
Temperature measurement and control.
DIY
Plans For Building the 1899 Wright
Kite
Desk
top fusion is driven by a pyroelectric crystal
The Light
Cone --- An illuminating introduction to relativity
by Rob Salgado
Galileo
And Einstein --- Lecture notes by Michael Fowler
Physics 2000,
from the University of Colorado, is an interactive journey
through the concepts of modern physics!
Dave Hanes’ Physics 014
--- Course Notes
PhysLink.com is a comprehensive
physics and astronomy online education, research and reference
web site.
Archaeoastronomy --- Find out how the heavens were viewed
at the dawn of history.
Duane
Dunkerson’s The
SpaceGuy Web site contains
a collection of interesting astronomy articles.
The University
of Arizona's Dept.
of Planetary Sciences and Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
has developed an easy-to-use, interactive web site
for simulating the
effects of an Earth Impact.
Rear
Admiral Grace Murray Hopper and the first
computer “bug”.
“There's Plenty of Room at
the Bottom” --- Richard Feynman's talk on nanoscience.
Science Friday is a weekly science
talk show, broadcast live over public radio stations nationwide
from 2-4pm Eastern Time.
What
is RoHS? --- As of 1 July 2006, the European Union will begin restricting the use of lead,
mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium,
polybrominated biphenyls or polybrominated
diphenyl ethers. This ban will apply
to manufacturers, sellers, distributors and recyclers of electrical
and electronic equipments.
NOAA’s Solar Data
Archive
The
Kids Room
The 2005 results from the
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair are in.
The Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair
Site contains links to the project write-ups from
hundreds of student entries.
Jeremy
Hughes sends us the URL to another free graph paper printing
site at http://www.printfreegraphpaper.com.
This complements the site that I posted back on 05
Dec ’03 --- print
your own.
Try
your hand at Funderstanding’s
roller coaster simulator.
School
Kids' Science Projects to Soar 19 Miles Above
Arizona
The Exploratorium’s Iron Science Teacher
competition showcases Bay Area science teachers as they devise
demonstrations from common every day items.
Teachers,
try some of these hands-on
activities from San Francisco’s Exploratorium.
Science Snacks
--- Simple science demonstrations from the Exploratorium.
The
Delights of Chemistry Web
site, form the Department
of Chemistry, University
of Leeds, contains an extensive collection of middle
school classroom demonstrations..
The Science Teachers’ Resource Center
is a web site that allows science teachers to share ideas,
labs and demonstrations.
How
Does One Become a Scientist?
Science Buddies offers a pyramid
of online programs that maximize the value and student enjoyment
of science research projects.
On
The Lighter Side
Bzzzzzzzz!
From
The Far Side
Did
the Celtic Cross
evolve from an ancient navigation instrument? 
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