11 July 2010
10 July 2010
See the Univ. of Nottingham (UK) Chemistry Dept's short, entertaining videos on every element in the Periodic Table
Click on this link to see one of the movies. Start with Sulfur! http://www.periodicvideos.com/nyt/index.htm
09 July 2010
Sir Isaac Newton's: THE PRINCIPIA
Read Newton's own words, from his most famous work: The PRINCIPIA: Mathematical Principals of Natural Philosophy: http://books.google.com/books?id=1x9LAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:principia&hl=en&ei=wWk3TJORO4WKlwfHzpzVBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
06 July 2010
Hooke's masterpiece: Micrographia (National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health)
Don't just read someone's description of someone else's description of ...
Read the scientist's actual words!
See excerpts from Hooke's masterpiece MICROGRAPHIA in this clever Virtual book: http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/flash/hooke/hooke.html
See Hooke's COMPLETE book, Micrografia ,at the gutenberg site: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15491
Read the scientist's actual words!
See excerpts from Hooke's masterpiece MICROGRAPHIA in this clever Virtual book: http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/flash/hooke/hooke.html
See Hooke's COMPLETE book, Micrografia ,at the gutenberg site: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15491
05 July 2010
E = mc^2 explained (from PBS)
Ten top Physicists talk about the meaning of E = mc^2.
Each recording is about 1.5 minutes... Go to: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/experts.html
Each recording is about 1.5 minutes... Go to: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/experts.html
01 July 2010
NFPA Fire Diamond for Hazardous Chemicals
NFPA Fire Diamond for Hazardous Chemicals.
Blue: Health,
Red: Flammability,
Yellow: Reactivity,
White: Other.
For more info, see: http://www.cooperlab.wustl.edu/LabMethodsReagentsOperations/Lab_Operations/nfpa.html
Check your understanding!
This is the NFPA diamond for Propane (CH3-CH2-CH3).
What does it mean?
Blue: Health,
Red: Flammability,
Yellow: Reactivity,
White: Other.
For more info, see: http://www.cooperlab.wustl.edu/LabMethodsReagentsOperations/Lab_Operations/nfpa.html
Check your understanding!
This is the NFPA diamond for Propane (CH3-CH2-CH3).
What does it mean?
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