Physics education research, electronic materials, and the musings of Christopher Moore, Ph.D.
Jul 6th, 2009
9/11 Troofers like to think that they have “researched” the collapse of the Twin Towers, when most have done little more that read a few articles on Alex Jone-like websites, watched a few YouTube videos, and romped around in Troofer forums/echo-chambers. I’m a researcher by profession, so I can assure you that none of these [...]
Aug 25th, 2008
My views on those that think the US government intentionally demolished the WTC complex should be very clear. I received an interesting comment today on one of my YouTube videos about thermal expansion: NIST claims thermal expansion caused the collapse of WTC7 by the fires? Is there anyway you could post a comment on whether [...]
Jul 2nd, 2008
Carlwin has the following question about energy: I dont know if our solution is right, but here’s the problem: Compute for the energy given off by a gas doing 200 J of work and losing 1350 J of its internal energy to the environment Normally, I don’t respond to these types of questions for two [...]
Jul 1st, 2008
It sure didn’t take long for the emails to start pouring in after I made this comment: I also get about 1-2 emails a week from people who have developed a “new paradigm”? in physics or believe their 5 second video of the collapse of the Twin Towers is proof that the US government planted [...]
Jan 18th, 2008
I have been missing for a long time. Last year I was busy writing and defending a dissertation. Then I got a new job. I’ve moved, had a baby and started a new career in the span of six months. Hopefully you understand my absence. However, the long neglect of ilovephysics.com is officially over. I [...]
Jul 20th, 2007
I was almost fooled by a Nigerian scam. The method used is actually interesting and shows how sophisticated scammers have become. I post this here to alert others in a position similar to mine. The summary: if you receive an unsolicited email asking for you to send some item to Africa, then RUN, RUN, RUN [...]
Mar 26th, 2007
I received the following email over the weekend from a concerned brother who wishes to assuage his young brothers fears. The question is one that I’m sure we have all thought about from time to time: Will you die if you see yourself headless in a plane mirror? The answer may surprise you. First, the [...]