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21. Time-travel physicist (score: 93)

Author: Tom Metcalf <tmetcalf@mailaps.org>

Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:55:15 -0500

I have never seen the presentation, but there was a segment of the NPR radio program "This American Life" about Dr. Mallett (who is a professor of physics at the University of Connecticut) and his re

/archives/2008/1_2008/msg00396.html (6,247 bytes)

22. Physicist Steven Weinberg's Essay "AGAINST PHILOSOPHY'" (score: 93)

Author: CalvinKalman <calvin.kalman@concordia.ca>

Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:02:47 -0500

Kieran Mathieson wrote on the POD list: We called it a student-centred approach then not a flipped classroom. This is the keystone of my approach. I have students metacognitively deal with the materi

/archives/2012/2_2012/msg00308.html (10,219 bytes)

23. Pascual Jordon / Physics / W W II (score: 53)

Author: Bob Sciamanda <trebor@VELOCITY.NET>

Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 11:25:50 -0500

I forward the following FYI: Bob Sciamanda (W3NLV) Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (em) trebor@velocity.net http://www.velocity.net/~trebor SW BULLETIN - March 29 2000 -- This Week's Report: THEORETICAL

/archives/2000/03_2000/msg00534.html (15,982 bytes)

24. Richard Dawkins Answers Reddit Questions (score: 45)

Author: carmelo@pacific.net.sg

Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:28:40 +0800

It could be of interest to some of you that the following scientists and philosophers were awarded Templeton Prize (>US$1000,000) The prize has been criticized by Richard Dawkins in his book, The God

/archives/2010/11_2010/msg00587.html (8,644 bytes)

25. Richard Dawkins Answers Reddit Questions (score: 45)

Author: Jack Uretsky <jlu@hep.anl.gov>

Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:43:20 -0600 (CST)

It's always challenging and fun to win a prize from heathens, no matter what the heathens may believe. Regards, p.s. Working on the novel, "Paul's Epistle's in the Sands of Mars" Regards, Jack "Trust

/archives/2010/11_2010/msg00593.html (9,585 bytes)

26. Reaching toward the Big Bang (score: 41)

Author: Samuel Held <Held@RHIP.PHYS.UTK.EDU>

Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 19:59:37 -0500

Hi all, Since this was my research field before teaching this is exciting to me. Since accessing the NY Times takes a registration, I decided to copy it and paste it here. I suggest going to the CERN

/archives/2000/02_2000/msg00216.html (11,619 bytes)

27. teaching "science research methods" (score: 39)

Author: Ludwik Kowalski <kowalskil@mail.montclair.edu>

Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 21:50:26 -0400

Here is is a link to a relevant 2013 paper. http://mac.appstorm.net/general/kindle-for-mac-a-simple-way-to-catch-up-on-your-reading/ The author is an MIT professor. I did listen to several of his pre

/archives/2015/9_2015/msg00031.html (11,477 bytes)

28. teaching "science research methods" (score: 39)

Author: "Forinash III, Kyle" <kforinas@ius.edu>

Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 20:15:21 +0000

There are some notorious arguments claiming there are no methods in science. Here is one: http://www.calpoly.edu/~fotoole/321.1/feyer.html The following is empirical, has a hypothesis, is about the p

/archives/2015/9_2015/msg00041.html (13,842 bytes)

29. weight vs. mass (was: Units and Conversions) (score: 37)

Author: John Clement <clement@HAL-PC.ORG>

Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 13:17:21 -0500

[regarding weight versus mass] ... Should I just go along or teach them properly? My inclining as a physicist is to teach them correctly but realistically Seems like an easy choice. There are advanta

/archives/2002/07_2002/msg00033.html (6,649 bytes)

30. The Engineer, Physicists, Philosopher Joke. (score: 35)

Author: Brian Whatcott <betwys1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>

Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 08:30:38 -0500

Intuition versus Deduction An engineer, an experimental physicist, a theoretical physicist, and a philosopher were hiking through the hills of Scotland. Cresting the top of one hill, they see, on top

/archives/2005/07_2005/msg00187.html (4,361 bytes)

31. Dangerous Ion Colliding Experiment? (Long - includes press re leases and more) (score: 35)

Author: Samuel Held <Held@RHIP.PHYS.UTK.EDU>

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 21:12:22 -0400

This e-mail was broadcast over the general listserve for my experiment, phenix-news-l. Here it is: Dear PHENIX Colleague: You may be interested in the below message, released by Dr. Marburger followi

/archives/1999/07_1999/msg00394.html (26,932 bytes)

32. Is the Gamow; Bohr-Weizsäcker model passé? (score: 34)

Author: Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>

Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 16:58:20 -0800

1) I do not see any Gamow included. But that is OK. Thanks; the link wasn't. Here's the text: (First page only.) MANY people who follow science will have heard of Ernest Rutherford's experiment in wh

/archives/2010/2_2010/msg00062.html (11,847 bytes)

33. Much ado about.....? (score: 34)

Author: "JACK L. URETSKY (C) 1996; HEP DIV., ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB, ARGONNE, IL 60439" <JLU@hep.anl.gov>

Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 10:43:42 -0600 (CST)

http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/sci-quark.html <title>Surprising New Particle Appears, or on the Other Hand, Maybe Not</title> <h5>February 25, 1997</h5><br> <h2>Surprising New Particl

/archives/1997/02_1997/msg00419.html (11,316 bytes)

34. [Phys-L] Re: Cold Fusion from UnderNews (score: 31)

Author: Ludwik Kowalski <kowalskil@MAIL.MONTCLAIR.EDU>

Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 21:27:56 -0500

On Sunday, Jan 23, 2005, at 19:54 America/New_York, Bernard Cleyet quoted: In his talk he quoted Charles D. Beaudette as offering the following characteristics of scientific skeptics: 1. They do not

/archives/2005/01_2005/msg00222.html (14,566 bytes)

35. To exist or not to exist (score: 30)

Author: <treborsci@verizon.net>

Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:55:38 -0500

The human mind constructs an understanding of its sensory experiences by fashioning a MODEL consisting of "objects" (Aristotle's "substances") and their "properties" (Aristotle's "accidents"). So my

/archives/2013/2_2013/msg00048.html (6,983 bytes)

36. musical instruments (score: 30)

Author: "Forinash III, Kyle" <kforinas@ius.edu>

Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 12:13:02 -0400

Hi I haven't had time to follow all of the posts on instruments but the two favorite YouTube videos of students in my intro to sound class are: Chladni plate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkox6niJ1

/archives/2010/4_2010/msg00039.html (51,092 bytes)

37. Sun going around the Earth? (score: 29)

Author: Savinainen Antti <antti.savinainen@kuopio.fi>

Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:28:52 +0000

Hi, John C. asked: "But I would like to know, in short, what the philosopher was arguing." It is a bit complicated but I'll try to provide a short explanation. Based on phenomenology (Husserl etc.),

/archives/2015/3_2015/msg00101.html (6,023 bytes)

38. Over Two-Hundred Education & Science Blogs (score: 29)

Author: Richard Hake <rrhake@earthlink.net>

Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:13:52 -0700

Some physics educators may be interested in a recent compilation "Over Two-Hundred Education & Science Blogs [Hake (2009)]. The abstract reads: ** ABSTRACT: This compilation, an expansion of the earl

/archives/2009/3_2009/msg00334.html (12,801 bytes)

39. John Lienhard on Absolutism, Evolution and Education, Engines of our Ingenuity No.2132 (score: 25)

Author: marx@phy.ilstu.edu

Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:12:56 -0500

I think that, in general, we trust that most scientists are honest in their reporting and that the peer review process works. However, there are some topics that scientists and teachers of science sh

/archives/2013/6_2013/msg00118.html (11,118 bytes)

40. To exist or not to exist (score: 25)

Author: Ludwik Kowalski <kowalskil@mail.montclair.edu>

Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2013 19:14:52 -0500

The short essay below was inspired by recent exposures. Comments will be appreciated. Our material world is made of physical objects; anything that has a certain mass, and occupies a certain volume i

/archives/2013/2_2013/msg00001.html (5,730 bytes)

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