by Eric Bogatin | Aug 7, 2011 | Astonishing Science News, Inspiration
Workout cycle from PlugOut, a supplier of exercise equipment that turns your sweat into electricity. The last time I was at the gym walking on the treadmill, I looked around and saw dozens of people sweating away, running, climbing stairs and pedaling bikes, all under...
by Eric Bogatin | Aug 6, 2011 | Inspiration
Thomas Greenslade wrote a very simple article for the Physics Teacher in March 2011 sharing a beautiful, wooded model from the L E Knott Apparatus Company which illustrates, at a glance, the principle that the area of a circle is really 1/2 x radius x circumference....
by Eric Bogatin | Jun 15, 2011 | Inspiration, Life 201
Sometimes it doesn’t matter if an urban legend is true or not if it sounds cute. This possibly made up story was reported here, and has made its way around the web multiple times. If you’re a geek, it’s worth a quick read. Dr. Schambaugh, of the University of Oklahoma...
by Eric Bogatin | Jun 14, 2011 | Inspiration, Life 201
Somewhere along my travels, I heard the following story that captures the essence of what drives a writer. A writer dies and ends up with St Peter at the pearly gates. He tells the writer, “You have the special chance of deciding on where you want to end up, heaven or...
by Eric Bogatin | Jun 14, 2011 | Inspiration
On May 20, 2009, Prof Patricia Burchat, the Chair of the Department of Physics at Stanford University, presented the last lecture in the 10th season of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures. She gave what I have found to be the best demonstration of gravitational...
by Eric Bogatin | Jun 13, 2011 | Inspiration
The Hubble Constant, which describes the velocity-distance relationship for galaxies, is the foundation of modern cosmology. It establishes the time and distance scale of the universe and the dynamic nature of the galaxies since the beginning of time. It is all the...
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