Physics & Science Fiction OLLI Course 2007
(Updated 17 Nov 07)
Special thanks to Jim Stango, award winning Physics Demonstrator , and the physics and astronomy department for supporting this course with experiments, computer software, and DVD movies to make it real.
*Relevant Books
and Websites
*The Blocked
Pendulum simulation as an example of energy conservation.
*Possible orbits of the Silver Queen after she
was Marooned off Vesta. This link shows results of simulations that I
had intended to show in class. For simplicity movies are not shown,
just the final picture with tracking ON, so that you can see the orbit,
where the speed was greatest, etc.
*Lecture transparencies:
18 Oct 07
25 Oct 07
1 Nov 07
8 Nov 07
15 Nov 07
SPACE-TIME
AND GENERAL RELATIVITY