03 September 2004

Wanderings
Number 80

Ralph J. Coppola

r_j_coppola@hotmail.com

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Feature

While on vacation, I bought a very interesting book --- Bark Canoes: The Art and Obsession of Tappan Adney by John Jennings (ISBN 1-55297-733-1). This book contains photographs and descriptions of the extensive collection of bark canoes that were made by Edwin Tappan Adney --- artist / correspondent / anthropologist. This makes an excellent companion to Adney and Chappelle's book --- The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America that I mentioned in the 19 April '02 Wanderings.

Wanderings

DIY fusion? --- The implosion of tiny bubbles in an acetone/deuterium mixture is seen to produces tritium and nuclear emissions. Can an amateur duplicate this? See The Amateur Scientist for February 1995 --- Producing Light From a Bubble of Air, for a possible starting point. Also do a Google search on Sonoluminescence.

Tierry Lombry's Luxorion Project attempts to initiate the public into astronomy and its history. Unfortunately, most of the material is in French. Nevertheless, there is plenty of interesting material for the English-only readers.

Dr. Charles D.H. Williams, of the University of Exeter, UK, has a page containing his course notes on Feedback and Temperature Control. These methods may be used in other applications that require some type of feedback control.

NASA announces the discovery of new exoplanets --- Ivan Semeniuk of the Discovery Channel Canada says NASA's discoveries are exciting and may mean that we are getting closer to finding a solar system similar to our own.

"Beam me up Scotty" #2 ---- Austrian researchers report that they have successfully teleported a photon across the Danube River.

"But it does move!" --- and other legends about Galileo Galilei.

The Kids Room

The Women Investigators Network is a focus group that has gathered to advise The New York Academy of Science on what role it could play to help break down the remaining barriers to women studying and working in science, technology, engineering, and math.

Science EduNet provides a vital link between the K-12 community and the growing number of science, math, and technology enrichment programs and resources throughout the Tri-State region, reaching every corner of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Attention Canadian students! --- Lollygagger University is a service where you can buy and sell your used textbooks directly with other Canadian students across the country. They also link to commercial bookstores (Chapters, Amazon.ca, etc.)

Do you love working with animals? Perhaps you are thinking of becoming a veterinarian. Why not apply to attend the 2005 Vet Camp at The University of Prince Edward Island.

From The Far Side

Dr. Chaim H. Tejman's Grand Unified Theory explains every principle of nature.