Street-Fighting Physics!

Week 8 7 - 11 March
Week 8 7 - 11 March
Documentary: PBS NOVA "Judgment Day"
(1) Introduction to documentary
Before watching this section I need to address something:
There have been a number of students who have taken exception to my comments regarding the nature of science, and have gone so far as to characterize my statements and my message as "indoctrination." That's OK. If you wish to call it "indoctrination", that's your prerogative. It is also your prerogative to call a horse a cow. It's a free country.
My job is to teach you what science really is. If you want to call that "indoctrination", have at it. Guilty as charged. I'm still going to teach that two plus two equals four, no matter who that offends.
I make no apology whatsoever for calling out purveyors of false science for what they are: criminally irresponsible charlatans whose poisonous anti-science dreck has directly caused otherwise avoidable death and misery.
And yes, I'm talking about Tucker Carson, Sean Hannity, Fox News, OAN, Newsmax, et al.
Welcome to college. College is supposed to be provocative, and if you play in this arena, you can't be afraid of the sight of your own blood.
You have now gone through demonstrations of lab procedures, you've been shown in detail what the Scientific Method is all about, and you've been taught the language of science.
If you do nothing else, at the very least walk out of this course at the end of the semester knowing that science research is not conducted in social media, on Fox News, or with your buddy at the pub.
It's just too damned important.
As this documentary will show, science illiteracy comes with a price.
(2) IMPORTANT:
(a) Before watching the documentary download and print the graded study guide below - you're going to need it!
(b) Take your time with this. Hit "pause" and "rewind" liberally
(c) Once you have completed the documentary and the study guide, enter your answers in the Achieve assignment "Judgment Day."
(d) CAUTION:
The answers in the Achieve assignment are NOT in the same order as the study guide (the Achieve algorithms don't allow it)
(3) Documentary
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- PHYS Week 1 Lectures Scientific Notation
- PHYS Week 2 Lectures Metric System, Terms, Conversions
- PHYS Week 3 Lectures Scale of Universe, the Atom, History
- PHYS Week 4 Lectures Scientific Method, Volume, Mass Density
- PHYS Week 5 Lectures Vectors, Trig
- PHYS Week 6 Vector Analysis
- PHYS Week 7 Vector Analysis, Lab
- PHYS Week 8 Lectures Judgment Day
- PHYS Spring Break!
- PHYS Week 10 Lectures Motion, Acceleration
- PHYS Week 11 Lectures Acceleration Demos
- PHYS Week 12 Lectures Kinematics - Motion in 2 Dimensions
- PHYS Week 13 Lectures Waves, Doppler, Hubble Law
- PHYS Week 14 Lectures, Michelson-Morley, Special Relativity
- PHYS Week 15 Lectures General Relativity, Black Holes
- PHYS Week 16 Lectures General Relativity, E=mc2
- PHYS Week 17 Lectures Finals Week
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- ASTR 100 Lab Manual PDF
- ASTR 100 Syllabus
- ASTR Weekly Lectures
- ASTR Week 1 Lectures - Dark Matter, Dark Energy
- ASTR Week 2 Lectures Scientific Notation
- ASTR Week 3 Lectures Astronomic Scales, History (1)
- ASTR Week 4 Lectures Brahe, Kepler, Newton, Gravity
- ASTR Week 5 Lectures Special Relativity
- ASTR Week 6 Lectures General Relativity
- ASTR Week 7 Lectures Star Formation
- ASTR Week 8 Lectures Cepheid Variable Stars
- ASTR Week 10 Lectures Low Mass Star Death
- ASTR Week 11 Lectures High Mass Star Death
- ASTR Week 12 Lectures Neutron Stars, Pulsars, Black Holes
- ASTR Week 13 Lectures Distance-Luminosity Modulus
- ASTR Week 14 Lectures, Waves, Hubble Law
- ASTR Week 15 Lectures Relativistic Red Shift
- ASTR Week 16 Lectures, Big Bang
- ASTR Week 17 Lectures Finals Week
- ASTR - Galileo's Sketches
- How Large Is the Universe?
- The Elegant Universe - String Theory
- Space Travel Posters
- Home
- PHYS 110-11 Achieve Student Login
- PHYS 110-12 Achieve Student Login
- PHYS 110-D1 Achieve Student Login
- PHYS 110 Workbook PDF
- PHYS 110 Syllabus
- PHYS Weekly Lectures
- PHYS Week 1 Lectures Scientific Notation
- PHYS Week 2 Lectures Metric System, Terms, Conversions
- PHYS Week 3 Lectures Scale of Universe, the Atom, History
- PHYS Week 4 Lectures Scientific Method, Volume, Mass Density
- PHYS Week 5 Lectures Vectors, Trig
- PHYS Week 6 Vector Analysis
- PHYS Week 7 Vector Analysis, Lab
- PHYS Week 8 Lectures Judgment Day
- PHYS Spring Break!
- PHYS Week 10 Lectures Motion, Acceleration
- PHYS Week 11 Lectures Acceleration Demos
- PHYS Week 12 Lectures Kinematics - Motion in 2 Dimensions
- PHYS Week 13 Lectures Waves, Doppler, Hubble Law
- PHYS Week 14 Lectures, Michelson-Morley, Special Relativity
- PHYS Week 15 Lectures General Relativity, Black Holes
- PHYS Week 16 Lectures General Relativity, E=mc2
- PHYS Week 17 Lectures Finals Week
- ASTR 100-01 Achieve Student Login
- ASTR 100-02 Achieve Student Login
- ASTR 100-D1 Achieve Student Login
- ASTR 100 Lab Manual PDF
- ASTR 100 Syllabus
- ASTR Weekly Lectures
- ASTR Week 1 Lectures - Dark Matter, Dark Energy
- ASTR Week 2 Lectures Scientific Notation
- ASTR Week 3 Lectures Astronomic Scales, History (1)
- ASTR Week 4 Lectures Brahe, Kepler, Newton, Gravity
- ASTR Week 5 Lectures Special Relativity
- ASTR Week 6 Lectures General Relativity
- ASTR Week 7 Lectures Star Formation
- ASTR Week 8 Lectures Cepheid Variable Stars
- ASTR Week 10 Lectures Low Mass Star Death
- ASTR Week 11 Lectures High Mass Star Death
- ASTR Week 12 Lectures Neutron Stars, Pulsars, Black Holes
- ASTR Week 13 Lectures Distance-Luminosity Modulus
- ASTR Week 14 Lectures, Waves, Hubble Law
- ASTR Week 15 Lectures Relativistic Red Shift
- ASTR Week 16 Lectures, Big Bang
- ASTR Week 17 Lectures Finals Week
- ASTR - Galileo's Sketches
- How Large Is the Universe?
- The Elegant Universe - String Theory
- Space Travel Posters