Physical Science

At music production schools, colleges and universities in London, I give lectures on acoustics and room treatments. I also cover this subject in my own music production courses. With technology advancements and computer processing power as it is now, the…
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“The Blind Watchmaker, 2nd Edition” (Norton & Company; 1996) is not exactly light reading.  This is a difficult book that will challenge you mentally and, due to small print, physically.  If you are of the spiritual persuasion, then you will…
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What Happens at the Vernal Equinox The word “equinox” comes from the Latin for equal night.  It might just as accurately have been named “equidies” (equal day), for at the time of an equinox the periods of sunlight and darkness…
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Nuclear fusion bombs work by undergoing a process called nuclear fusion. Nuclear fusion occurs when the nuclei of two atoms are forced together to form a different and heavier element. Nuclear fusion can only occur with elements lighter than iron….
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Introduction: In physics and nuclear chemistry, nuclear fusion is the process by which multiple atomic particles join together to form a heavier nucleus. It is accompanied by the release or absorption of energy. Iron and nickel nuclei have the largest…
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An Ambient Orb is a frosted glass lamp that glows in different colors depending upon the information supplied to it. It is a futuristic wifi device that can sit on an office desk much like a crystal ball. When Ambient…
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“Halt or I’ll shoot!” If most of us hear these words, we’ll stop. Someone is “forcing” us to stop moving. A football player running the ball will run until someone “forces” him to stop by tackling him or running him…
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At the vernal equinox, the earth, which tilts on its axis so that one of its hemispheres is usually closer to the sun than the other, stands up straight. From our viewpoint here on earth, the sun rests directly over…
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Einstein’s theory of relativity does not rule out the possibility of time travel, it actually allows for it. And we know he was right, the atom bomb was a result of his equations. M theory allows for a multiverse, or…
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Einstein won the Nobel prize in 1921 for his work on solving the photoelectric effect with the speculation that light had a quanta characteristic or definition of amount and frequency that are characteristic of a particle. Light seemed to have…
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