Physics Final Paper - due Monday, 6th April

This is a reminder of your Final Paper in Physics, entitled "The Cultural Influence of Physics".

Your paper is due by Monday, April 6th, and may be emailed to me at laurence_spears@yahoo.com, or you may hand in a hard copy.

Word count for this paper is 500 - 1000 words.

Also - please feel free to post your paper to your blog if you wish.

Namaste

Assignments for Week Thirteen - Bionics and Our Biophysical Future

Final blog assignments for the term!

• Would you support the development of a “bionic” person?
• How would you rate “the control of artificial limbs by thought alone”?
• Respond to a classmate’s blog

Physics Field Trip - Monday, 23rd March at 10:00 - Aura Photography!

Our Physics field trip - to have your aura photographed - has been confirmed for Monday, March 23rd at 10:00 at:

Psychic Reality
1630 Webster St.
Oakland, Ca. 94612

Psychic Reality is located on the corner of 17th Street and Webster in downtown Oakland - close to both downtown Oakland BART stations. Street parking is generally available.

http://www.psychicreality.com/

Assignments for Week Eleven - Energy Medicine and Energy Fields

Blog assignments for this week:

• Acupuncture as effective energy medicine
• What conclusions can you draw from Kirlian photography?
• Human intent as it affects health
• Respond to another classmate’s blog

Check out the following links on the Institutes of Biophysics in China:

http://www.lifescientists.de/ib0100e_.htm
Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China

http://www.lifescientists.de/members/Shen.htm
The Research group in the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R.China

http://159.226.118.206/detailt.aspx?newsno=8094
Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Physics Class Blog List

Here is the latest list of class blog addresses:

http://www.tao-of-quarks.blogspot.com/

http://chaosrainesphysicswinter09.blogspot.com

http://jeonheephysics.blogspot.com/

http://natiphysicswinter09.blogspot.com/

http://heidikphysics.blogspot.com/

http://bs040physicsbrent.blogspot.com/

http://pewwinter09morgynj.wordpress.com/

http://jules-aimcphysicseastwestwinter2009.blogspot.com/

http://gsphysicswinter09.blogspot.com/

http://katsuyukiphysics.blogspot.com/

http://www.melphysics.blogspot.com/

http://tadaimcphysicsw09.blogspot.com/

http://asha-physicseastwest.blogspot.com/

http://kiyophysics.blogspot.com/

http://e-w-phys.blogspot.com/

http://ctejchma.blogspot.com/

Assignments for Week Ten - Life and Living Systems

Blog assignments for this week:

• I know I’m a “living system” because…….
• Biophysics and Oriental Medicine
  
• Post a response to a classmate’s blog

Check out the following links:

http://www.crystalinks.com/kirlian.html
Aura Photography

http://members.tripod.com/RandyHiatt/Kirlianpage.html
Kirlian Photography

http://www.experiencefestival.com/kirlian_photography
A Wisdom Archive on Kirlian Photography


And here is the link to Sondra Barrett's website - inner space gallery
http://www.mysticmolecules.com/

Assignments for Week Nine - Synthesis

Blog assignments for this week:

• My E-Prime Day - describe your day, only using English Prime
  
• Can I synthesize East and West?
• Post a response to a classmate's blog

Check out the following links on Biophysics:

http://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?ID=991
Oxygen Metabolism

http://www.bionetonline.org/
New discoveries in life sciences - Explore the science and debate the issues

http://www.mountainman.com.au/chaos_02.htm
Order Out of Chaos by Ilya Prigogine & Isabelle Stengers