Research – Measurement – Testing


While following a web lead the other day I found these most interesting measurement publications on sale at the PTB web site in Germany. Here’s some of the text and an image from their pages.
Monograph series of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Braunschweig, Germany - The monograph series serves to present subjects which ensue from, [...]

Vote for “Cheap, Easy Light Probe”


Some may recall the article done a while back (actually there are three) on the Science teacher, Steve Dickie, from Dearborn Michigan, who is using some very clever Internet and other technology in teaching physics to High School students.
He’s not alone, many teachers are using the Web, but Steve seems very adept and progressive [...]

Deming Vs Dilbert: Teacher & Student Irrationality


Physicists are not gods, nor are they always right. I’ve learned that hard lesson many times over while both working for and learning from some noted and not-so noted physicists and trying to act god-like in my own encounters with geeks of any persuasion (I admit to being one, too).
Doctors of Medicine fall into the [...]