Re: Energy density; the correct one

[Dan MacIsaac <Dan.MacIsaac@NAU.EDU>]

On Monday, September 30, 2002, at 11:23 AM, Frohne, Vickie wrote:

> There is a spirit of openness in the APS. I can't speak for the APS,
> but as
> far as I know, the only requirements for membership are interest in
> physics
> and $$$$. Lots of "hairbrained" papers have been presented at APS
> meetings.
> If you're looking for the abstracts on the APS Web site, it helps to
> know
> that the last session on the last day of an APS meeting is often
> reserved
> for the more creative papers.

Ditto the AAPT.  If you are disorganized and late you may join the
UFO-ologists in the post-deadline sessions at such meetings.  Other
professional groups like NARST and AERA hold peer-reviewed sessions and
turn away lots of papers, but physicists are more likely to listen to
outre ideas.  These are sometimes the most entertaining sessions at
these conferences :^).

Exaggerating just a little bit,

Dan MacIsaac, Assistant Professor of Physics, SUNY-Buffalo State College
222SCIE BSC, 1300 Elmwood Ave , Buffalo NY 14222 USA 716-878-3802
macisadl@buffalostate.edu  http://PhysicsEd.BuffaloState.edu

This posting is the position of the writer, not that of SUNY-BSC, NAU or the AAPT.