Monthly Archives: October 2019

Reading assignment

pp. 225-230 Don’t Try This at Home; Ch. 5 of Hollywood Science

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Fat Man & Little Boy

Thematically, this week’s feature deals with the morality of having scientists design and build weapons of mass destruction. Many scientists who do this hide behind one of the moral shields presented in “Fat Man and Little Boy”: the scientists are … Continue reading

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Ch. 5 homework

Problem #7 in Don’t Try this… Due: Nov. 1

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The Day After Tomorrow

There is plenty of bad physics in this movie, enough that we could make an assignment of just trying to find as many examples as we can. However, there is a deeper issue in the movie – that of global … Continue reading

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Reading assignment

pp. 130-143 Don’t Try this…; Ch. 17 ISMP

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Reading assignment

Ch. 14 ISMP

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Apollo 13

I’m torn this week. I would normally show 2001: A Space Odyssey at this point in the semester. It’s an absolutely classic film, which has been parodied so many times that even people who haven’t seen it know many of … Continue reading

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Ch. 4 homework

Problems #2 & 7 of Ch. 4 in Don’t Try this… Due: Oct. 16

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Reading assignment

Ch. 4 Don’t Try this at Home; Ch. 15 ISMP

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