TECHNICAL PHYSICS (PHY 1570)
Prince George's Community College
Spring 2024
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Sept. 9, 2020.
Harlem Globetrotters, Longest Shot (2013)
Harlem Globetrotters, Longest Backwards Shot (2014)
Sept. 14, 2020.
Monkey-Hunter demonstration
(University of Minnesota)
Sept. 21, 2020.
Richard Feynman: Fun to Imagine (HD, 1983; 1 hr 6 min)
Second hour of class for 9/21. The section on “Magnets” starting at about 14:53 is particularly profound.
Sept. 23, 2020.
Harlem Globetrotters helicopter shot
Professor Julius Sumner Miller - Newton's First Law of Motion
Optional:
Tuva or Bust!
with Richard Feynman
Optional:
Tuvan Throat Singing
(
The David Letterman Show
)
Optional: You might also be interested in the book
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
by R.P. Feynman and Ralph Leighton.
Sept. 28, 2020.
Professor Julius Sumner Miller - Newton's Second Law of Motion
Sept. 30, 2020.
Professor Julius Sumner Miller - Newton's Third Law of Motion
Professor Julius Sumner Miller - Energy and Momentum
The Absent-Minded Professor
(movie trailer)
Oct. 12, 2020.
Launch of Explorer I
- Jupiter C rocket launching America's first satellite into Earth orbit (1958).
Launch of Apollo 8
- Saturn V rocket launching the first manned mission to the Moon (1968).
Center of Gravity
(Professor Julius Sumner Miller)
Oct. 21, 2020.
Double physical pendulum
Foucault pendulum
Falling Bodies and Projectiles
(Professor Julius Sumner Miller)
The Simple Pendulum and Oscillating Things
(Professor Julius Sumner Miller)
Oct. 26, 2020.
Centrifugal Force and Other Strange Matters
(Professor Julius Sumner Miller)
The Strange Behavior of Rolling Things
(Professor Julius Sumner Miller)
Nov. 2, 2020.
Angular momentum of an ice skater
Atmospheric pressure and the properties of gases
(Professor Julius Sumner Miller)
Pascal's principle and the properties of liquids
(Professor Julius Sumner Miller)
Nov. 4, 2020.
Archimedes' Principle
(Professor Julius Sumner Miller)
Adventures with Bernoulli
(Professor Julius Sumner Miller)
Laminar and Turbulent Flow
Understanding Bernoulli's Equation
Pitch drop experiment
at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia (Web site; includes link to
live video stream
)
Optional:
Liquid Helium II: The Superfluid
(about 40 min, in six parts)
Nov. 16, 2020.
Rubber-Sheet Analogy Demonstration for General Relativity
Einstein Cross
(illustrating gravitational lensing)
Dec. 2, 2020.
Quantum Slit Experiment
Harlem Globtrotters Record High Basketball Shot
illustrating the
Magnus effect
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Page last updated: January 22, 2024.