Street-Fighting Physics!

Week 8 17- 21 October
Week 8 17- 21 October
Documentary: PBS NOVA "Judgment Day"
(1) Introduction to documentary
Before you watch this section I must address a potential issue:
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 therefore make no apology 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 in recent years.
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 you can't be afraid of the sight of your own blood.
Now to this week's topics:
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
- Home
- PHYS 110 Syllabus
- PHYS 110 Workbook PDF
- PHYS 110 Achieve Student Login
- 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 Week 9 Lectures Motion, Acceleration
- PHYS Week 10 Lectures Acceleration Demos
- PHYS Week 11 Lectures Kinematics - Motion in 2 Dimensions
- PHYS Week 12 Lectures Waves, Doppler, Hubble Law
- PHYS Week 13 Lectures, Michelson-Morley, Special Relativity
- PHYS Week 14 Lectures General Relativity, Black Holes
- PHYS Week 15 Lectures General Relativity, E=mc2
- PHYS Week 16 Lectures Finals Week
- ASTR 100 Syllabus
- ASTR 100 Lab Manual PDF
- ASTR 100 Achieve Student Login
- 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 9 Lectures Low Mass Star Death
- ASTR Week 10 Lectures High Mass Star Death
- ASTR Week 11 Lectures Neutron Stars, Pulsars, Black Holes
- ASTR Week 12 Lectures Distance-Luminosity Modulus
- ASTR Week 13 Lectures, Waves, Hubble Law
- ASTR Week 14 Lectures Relativistic Red Shift
- ASTR Week 15 Lectures, Big Bang
- ASTR Week 16 Lectures Finals Week
- Galileo's Sketches
- ASTR Planetary Nebulae
- ASTR Neutron Stars and Pulsars
- How Large Is the Universe?
- The Elegant Universe - String Theory
- Space Travel Posters
- James Webb Telescope Images
- Home
- PHYS 110 Syllabus
- PHYS 110 Workbook PDF
- PHYS 110 Achieve Student Login
- 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 Week 9 Lectures Motion, Acceleration
- PHYS Week 10 Lectures Acceleration Demos
- PHYS Week 11 Lectures Kinematics - Motion in 2 Dimensions
- PHYS Week 12 Lectures Waves, Doppler, Hubble Law
- PHYS Week 13 Lectures, Michelson-Morley, Special Relativity
- PHYS Week 14 Lectures General Relativity, Black Holes
- PHYS Week 15 Lectures General Relativity, E=mc2
- PHYS Week 16 Lectures Finals Week
- ASTR 100 Syllabus
- ASTR 100 Lab Manual PDF
- ASTR 100 Achieve Student Login
- 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 9 Lectures Low Mass Star Death
- ASTR Week 10 Lectures High Mass Star Death
- ASTR Week 11 Lectures Neutron Stars, Pulsars, Black Holes
- ASTR Week 12 Lectures Distance-Luminosity Modulus
- ASTR Week 13 Lectures, Waves, Hubble Law
- ASTR Week 14 Lectures Relativistic Red Shift
- ASTR Week 15 Lectures, Big Bang
- ASTR Week 16 Lectures Finals Week
- Galileo's Sketches
- ASTR Planetary Nebulae
- ASTR Neutron Stars and Pulsars
- How Large Is the Universe?
- The Elegant Universe - String Theory
- Space Travel Posters
- James Webb Telescope Images