Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Assignments for Week Four - Energy, Matter and the Four Forces

Blog assignments for this week:

  • How has e=mc2 affected you?
  • How would you compare the four “forces”?
  • What is the function of gravity?
  • Keep up the blog dialogue!


Check out the following links on Symmetry and Sacred Geometry:

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/indepth/2429
The New Physics: The Ubiquitous Asymmetry
There are limits in our universe that did not exist in Newton's ideal universe.
(Excellent although extremely lengthy exposition)

http://physicsweb.org/articles/world/13/9/4/1
Magnetism points to molecular asymmetry

http://lhcb-public-old.web.cern.ch/lhcb-public-old/html/cpviolationtoc.htm
Everything you ever wanted to know about CP violation and never dared to ask

http://www.scaruffi.com/nature/

"The Nature of Consciousness
The Structure of Life and the Meaning of Matter" (2006)
by Piero Scaruffi


http://www.geometrycode.com/sg/index.shtml
Sacred Geometry Home Page by Bruce Rawles

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Assignments for Week Three - Synchronicity

Blog assignments for this week:

* What evidence can you find for synchronicity
* Based on what you know, how would you explain connectivity?
* Post a response to a classmate's blog entry


Check out the following links on Energy, Matter and the Four Forces:

www.c2i2.com/~seven/paradox/Docs/Paradox.PPT
Your Basic Crackpot Theory Of Everything

http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/E/e=mc2/
E=mc2

http://www.geocities.com/angolano/Astronomy/FundamentalForces.html
FOUR FUNDAMENTAL FORCES OF NATURE

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/forces/funfor.html
Fundamental Forces

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Assignments for Week Two - Quantum Mechanics

Blog assignments for this week:

* Your reflections on Uncertainty
* Your comments on Causality
* Is the Universe weird?
* Respond to a classmate’s blog entry


Check out the following links on Synchronicity:

http://www.crystalinks.com/synchronicity.html
Synchronicities are meaningful coincidences
Examples, definitions and some background to Jung

http://www.flowpower.com/What%20is%20Synchronicity.htm
What is Synchronicity?
More examples and discussion

http://www.science-et-magie.com/archives01/moisset/jma02syn.htm
Synchronicity and Multiple Universes

http://www.deepspirit.com/sys-tmpl/challengeofsynchronicity/
Causality and Synchronicity


Use your blog to develop an understanding of synchronicity

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Assignments for Week One - The Meaning of Time

Assignments for Week One

Start your blog – try www.blogger.com
- and send the url to
laurence_spears@yahoo.com

Blog Assignments required this week:

  • Post your answers to this week’s quiz
  • Post your reflections on this week's class - "The Meaning of Time"
  • Post a response to a classmate’s blog

Check out the following links on Quantum Mechanics:

http://phys.educ.ksu.edu/info/summaryOfVqm.html
The simulations under “Programs” are excellent

http://www.krysstal.com/quantum.html
A beginners' (non-mathematical) guide to the strange world of the atom


http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/The_Quantum_age_begins.html
A decent history

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics
Definitions

Use your blog to record your impressions

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Physics Syllabus

Week One - The Meaning of Time

Week Two - Quantum Mechanics

Week Three - Synchronicity

Week Four - Energy, Matter and Force

Week Five - Symmetry and Sacred geometry

Week Six - No Class - Yom Kippur

Week Seven - Vibrations

Week Eight - Chaos Theory

Week Nine - Classical Physics

Week Ten - Towards a New Synthesis

Week Eleven - Life and Living Systems

Week Twelve - Energy Fields and Energy Medicine

Week Thirteen - Our Biophysical Future

Week Fourteen - Physics: Culture and Philosophy