Physics and Astronomy Club
Information
Meets: Fisher 113, Mondays at 6:30 pm
Faculty Advisors:
Eric Kramer
and
Mike Bergman
Web pages of interest
Physics news from Physical Review Letters
Black holes in our galaxy?
Galaxy-sized jet of high energy particles
Physical constants not so constant?
A gallery of high-speed photography
Quantum computing with molecules (Scientific American)
How geckos stick to walls
Locomotion lab at Lewis & Clark College
Go to "~ekramer/Club/gecko.pdf" for the PNAS article
Origins of Life
The Beginnings of Life on Earth (American Scientist)
Searching for life in other solar systems (Scientific American)
Searching for life in our solar system (Scientific American)
RPI institute on the origins of life
Sugar-water Mirage 2003
Click here for a directory of JPEG images showing a sugar-water mirage in an aquarium.
This version has three distinct layers of sugar concentration. For more information, see the article "Aquarium, Computer, and Alaska Range Mirages", C. H. Tape, The Physics Teacher, Vol. 38, 308-311 (2000).
Sugar-water Mirage 2002
Click here for a directory of JPEG images showing the construction of a sugar-water mirage in an aquarium.
Physics Fair 2002
Click here for a directory of JPEG images from Physics Fair 2002 (a student-led program of physics demo's held at Bryant Elementary School).
Physics Fair 2001
Click here for a directory of JPEG images from Physics Fair 2001.
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