From bjt03d@garnet.acns.fsu.edu Wed Aug 27 09:24:23 2003 Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 12:18:16 EDT From: Ben Thayer To: wahl@hep.fsu.edu Subject: subject for Communication Physics class Professor Wahl, I would like to speak on the subject of languages in Physics. Specifically, the spoken and written languages that physicists use to communicate (Russian, Math, ect...) and the various other means that physicist use to interact with each other. See you wednesday. Sincerely, Ben "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From lisigoodlett@hotmail.com Wed Aug 27 09:24:38 2003 Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 13:02:01 -0400 From: Lisi Goodlett To: wahl@hep.fsu.edu Subject: possible topic for first talk Dr. Wahl, I was considering speaking about my research during this past summer.  I worked here at FSU with Dr. Wiendenhover, to try and write a simulation for our sodium iodide detectors. I hope that this will be ok.  I will see you in class on wednesday! Lisi Goodlett --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From blw03d@garnet.acns.fsu.edu Wed Aug 27 09:24:58 2003 Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 13:33:18 EDT From: blw03d@garnet.acns.fsu.edu To: wahl@hep.fsu.edu Subject: Communication Topic I would like to talk about dark matter and/or energy for my first communication in physics speech. Is that a satisfactory topic? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From motohiro_2002@yahoo.com Wed Aug 27 09:25:24 2003 Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 11:24:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Motohiro Ichinose To: wahl@hep.fsu.edu Subject: Topics [ Part 1, Text/PLAIN 8 lines. ] [ Unable to print this part. ] Dear Wahl, The topic I choosed in communication in physics is "The solar neutrino problem". Sincearly yours, Motohiro Ichinose --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From bcl4325@garnet.acns.fsu.edu Wed Aug 27 09:25:39 2003 Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 22:02:36 EDT From: bcl4325@garnet.acns.fsu.edu To: wahl@hep.fsu.edu Subject: Re: Communication in Physics Talk Topic Dr. Wahl, For the first talk, I would like to discuss curve space. Brian Lynch --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Kani79@aol.com Wed Aug 27 09:25:57 2003 Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 18:07:43 -0400 From: Kani79@aol.com To: WAHL@hep.fsu.edu Subject: TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION HUMANS AND SPARKS - "CURES", "CAR SPARKS", "ELECTRIC PEOPLE" ROLLER COASTER PHYSICS MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE KALEIDOSCOPE MAKING A SOLAR POWERED MARSHMALLOW ROASTER MAKE YOUR OWN 3D PICTURES IN MINUTES THE PHYSICS OF BASEBALL PHYSICS OF FLYING --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From CyberTazer@comcast.net Wed Aug 27 09:26:18 2003 Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 20:06:56 -0400 From: Michael J. Reed To: wahl@hep.fsu.edu Subject: Speech subject Sir, I am going to do a presentation about the Hubble Space Telescope and some of the imagery that it has produced. If I can find sufficient information on them, I intend to include information on the 2 other space telescopes, including the one just launched, and how they are to provide us with a more complete picture of the universe. I hope that this talk can be a good starting point with a lot of good information as well as a stunning visual component. Michael J. Reed (850) 264-6062 cybertazer@comcast.net --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From charity@pc.fsu.edu Wed Aug 27 09:26:44 2003 Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 6:21:58 CST From: charity@pc.fsu.edu To: wahl@hep.fsu.edu Subject: Phy3091 suggestions Professor Wahl, Here are my suggestions for topics for your Phy3091 class. 1) The probabalistic nature of physical laws. (I.E. How, if at all, laws such as Newton's laws are different from those such as Graham's Law of diffusion in the nature of their certainty. This is meant in the sense that Newton's laws are considered "absolute" laws (answers are exact) whereas Graham's law is considered to be one that requires a statistical distribution of values and is applcable only to the net effect) 2) The nature and properties of quarks. (What the different charecteristics are, what they mean, how they differ from one another, etc.) I hope these will be acceptable, see you in class. Charity Lenae Russell --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From wahl@hep.fsu.edu Wed Aug 27 09:27:15 2003 Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 08:09:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Horst D Wahl To: Kani79@aol.com Subject: Re: TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION Hello, All the proposed topics are acceptable. My ranking is as follows: (7) HUMANS AND SPARKS - "CURES", "CAR SPARKS", "ELECTRIC PEOPLE" (3) ROLLER COASTER PHYSICS (4) MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE KALEIDOSCOPE (6) MAKING A SOLAR POWERED MARSHMALLOW ROASTER (5) MAKE YOUR OWN 3D PICTURES IN MINUTES (2) THE PHYSICS OF BASEBALL (1) PHYSICS OF FLYING But this is just my taste. You should pick whatever you feel most comfortable with Regards, HDW --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From wahl@hep.fsu.edu Wed Aug 27 09:27:38 2003 Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 09:00:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Horst D Wahl To: charity@pc.fsu.edu Subject: Re: Phy3091 suggestions These would be both acceptable topics, although the first one may be a bit complicated. In classical physics, there is really no difference in principle between the two: Newton's laws are valid for every individual gas molecule, and if you knew the initial conditions of all the gas molecules and knew "their shape" sufficiently well to have a rigorous description of the scattering processes between them, then in principle you could calculate the position and momentum of every gas moclecule for any given time. Given the large numbers of molecules involved, it is clearly not practical to do these calculations, but there is no deep physical principle that would preclude doing this. This is why in statistical physics you make statements about distributions and averages, etc. The really new thing comes in when quantum effects are considered, where probability comes in even at the level of individual particles. Is this what you had in mind? Anyway, whatever you had in mind, I'm sure it could be made into an interesting if challenging talk. Regards, HDW From lbb1705@garnet.acns.fsu.edu Wed Aug 27 12:18:29 2003 Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 12:16:16 EDT From: lbb1705@garnet.acns.fsu.edu To: wahl@hep.fsu.edu Subject: Speech Topic I have not yet decided on a topic for the first speech, I will choose from these two topics however: Quark-Qluon Plasma in the early universe and at RHIC, or quantum fluctuations in a vacuum and the Kasimir effect. -- Lukasz Blaszczyk