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.