Elegant Connections in Physics

Lift and Circulation

No matter how much physics you know, it’s still amazing to see a 380,000 lb. airplane fly

Connecting Worlds Through Tides

A look at gravitational forces on astronomical bodies

Diffraction, Part 1

Huygens’ Principle and Young’s Experiment

Diffraction, Part 2

Multiple Point Sources, Apertures, and Diffraction Limits

Diffraction, Part 3

Curved Wavefronts And Fresnel Diffraction

The Struggles of Paul Ehrenfest

A biography of Paul Ehrenfest

The Applied Physics of Gasoline Engines, Part 1

Mechanics and Thermodynamics

The Applied Physics of Gasoline Engines, Part 2

Electricity, Magnetism, and Caring

The Museum of Light

The impact of light on our culture demonstrated through famous quotations

Thin Lenses and Chromatic Aberrations

Designing a system of lenses that will make red light and blue light come to a focus