HR at my university sometimes sends out retirement incentive plans. The one they sent me basically says "you make less than the average starting salary for an assistant professor, so we won't give you a package - it would be more expensive to hire someone new than replace a 25 year faculty".

Nice.

Video Analysis: Measuring the Acceleration of the SLS and Saturn V It feels like everyone loves rockets. Well, that might not be true — but at least I know that I love the whole Artemis II mission. Maybe…

Video Analysis #physics post - measuring the acceleration of #artemis and #saturnV

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Is Weightlessness on the ISS Different Than on the Way to the Moon? Since the Artemis II mission to the Moon is getting a bunch of attention, we get some really great physics questions. I saw several people…

I saw this fun question: is weightlessness on the way to the moon the same as the weightlessness in orbit? Here's my #physics answer

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Here are 300 stimulating ideas for
Physics Practical Investigations by Dr Richard Walding
#iTeachPhysics
#Science 🧪

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The animations really helped in class - especially to see how the boundary conditions work.

Here is the python code
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If you rotate the polarization (same materials same angle) you DO get a reflection. #python #physics

Here's a fun #vpython #python #physics animation showing polarization at brewster's angle #physics

Here's a #python animation I made for the video

Electrodynamics: Reflection, Transmission, Snell's Law and Brewster's Angle YouTube video by Dot Physics

New #electrodynamics #physics video - looking at reflection and transmission of electromagnetic waves. Snell's law and Brewster's angle.

youtu.be/_dFKj6OE05I

Physics 1910 Online - Southeastern Louisiana University Take Physics 1910 with Dr. Rhett Allain. Solve real-world problems using momentum, force, and algebra-based math! Enroll in PHYS 1910, a 3-credit-hour online summer course at Southeastern Louisiana Un...

If you need to take physics for your college degree (algebra-based), I have something for you. This summer, I'm offering an online physics course based on my real-world physics material.

Here are the details—let me know if you have any questions: www.southeastern.edu/department-o... #physics

With Great Force Comes Great Acceleration: Calculating the Tension in Spider-Man’s Webs SPOILER ALERT: I’m a huge Spider-Man fan. Yes, there’s a trailer out for Spider-Man: Brand New Day and I think that’s awesome. I should let…

I couldn't help myself. I had to do a #spiderman #physics post from the new trailer. Here I estimate the strength of Spider-Man's webs.

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A block of text that says "Scientists at the University of Miami are carrying out a research study on trends in the field of science communication. For this survey we are defining science communication as work that is done: • by a technical subject area expert in some field related to science, technology, engineering, or mathematics, • outside of classroom settings • aimed at the public If you are 18 years of age or older and work or recently worked in this field (full-time, part-time, or as a side project), please click the link below to complete a short survey. If you are interested in learning more about this research study, please e-mail us at Julia.wester@miami.edu. In the body of your email please provide your full name, and if you would prefer to be contacted by phone, your phone number and the best time to reach you. Contacting us for more information does not commit you to participating, and should you decide to participate you may terminate your participation at any time."

Attention Science Communicators!

We are conducting a survey on the landscape of science communication & need your help gathering experiences.

Please send this to #SciComm ppl you know. We want to get as thorough a sense of the state of the field as we can.

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did you bring enough pie for everyone?

Happy #piday - one of my favorite pi-ism is that pi = sqrt(g). Why?

Electrodynamics: Maxwell's Equations and Plane Waves YouTube video by Dot Physics

Here is my lecture on EM plane waves for #electrodynamics #physics. Yes, I include a #python model for a plane wave

youtu.be/260PsZEiFuE

Here is circularly polarized wave in #python (for #electrodynamics #physics)

From #physics class today (#electrodynamics) plane wave in #python

Peter Parker vs. Physics: How Hard Did He Actually Hit Flash? There are no spoilers for Spider-Man with Tobey Maguire. Why not? It’s because the movie is 24 years old. It’s old enough to vote and it’s…

New #physics post. Would Flash survive a punch from Peter Parker (from the 2002 #spider-man).

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Physics Notes: Describing Motion and the Kinematic Equations I’m continuing to post my physics notes. This will be for an online summer course (but you get to see them now). So far, I’ve got the…

I'm working on my #physics material for the summer session. Here is chapter 4 covering kinematics

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How Big is Kong? A Lesson in Video Analysis and Scaling Factors Big things are not the same thing as small things. In the show Monarch Legacy of Monsters (on Apple TV) we seen King Kong (or just Kong as…

New #physics post - #videoanalysis of Kong from Monarch. Spoiler Alert: Kong is only 4 feet tall.

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Math Methods: Spherical Coordinates, Integrals, and Python YouTube video by Dot Physics

My #physics students were having trouble visualizing spherical coordinates - so I made a #python animation of a surface area integral.

youtu.be/ssUSt913nug

Measure the radius of the Earth using LEGO bricks and a smartphone. Yes, the Earth is spherical. We know that. We all know that — or at least we should know that. I mean, there’s tons of evidence just in…

In a previous #physics post I discussed how to measure the radius of the Earth using LEGO - well, I finally have data and measured the Earth for myself. #flatearthers can repeat if they want. #astronomy

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Physics Notes: Work, Power and Efficiency In my previous notes, I went over the work-energy principle. However, I realized I left off some stuff about power and efficiency. This is…

I forgot to include power and efficiency on my #physics notes for work-energy. Here is an extra post on that.

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For #python, I've been trying to use glowscript.org instead of trinket.io. But do you know what's really awesome about trinket? I love that I can write some quick code or calculation and not even save it. In glowscript, you have to save it before you even start coding

Electrodynamics: Modeling Faraday's Law with Python - Part 2 YouTube video by Dot Physics

I think this #physics #python video turned out better than I expected. Verifying Faraday's Law for #electrodynamics

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Faraday python Faraday’s Law and Python. In this tutorial, we are going to model a loop with oscillating current and the induced emf on a nearby square loop. Faraday’s Law and the Electric Field In integral form,...

I created a worksheet tutorial for my #python #faradayslaw calculation ( #electrodynamics #physcis). Here it is in case you find it useful.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The “Boom” Moment: Using Python to Show Faraday’s Law Always Works In introductory physics courses, Faraday’s law goes something like this:

New #physics #python #electrodynamics post. Deeper dive into Faraday's law - using the changing magnetic vector potential to calculate the electric field to show emf = -dPhi/dt
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#physics homework. What is the ratio of the star masses? Assume an orbital distance of 0.1 AU - what is the orbital frequency. Build a #vpython model

Right now, you can still use trinket. There's still glowscript.org

Hopefully something will get worked out in the long run also