SPS will meet at the usual time of 4:30pm on Wednesday November 9th in Vanderwerf 104. This week there will be a homework study session where pizza will be supplied. This Week in Physics 1867 November 7: Marie Curie, French chemist who researched radioactivity and discovered radium, is born. 1967 November 9: NASA launches Apollo …
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SPS this Week
SPS will meet this week on Wednesday the 2 of November at 4:30 to 5:30 in Vanzoren 104. We will be having a Towers of Hanoi tournament. Physics this Week October 31 2000: Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. November 2 1885: Harlow Shapley, astronomer who discovered the Sun is …
SPS this Week
SPS will meet at the usual time this week on Wednesday, October 26 from 4:30 to 5:30 in Vanderwerf 102. Problem of the Week Dr. Matt Scientist, acclaimed owner of the Impossible Object Factory (or the IOF for short) is performing tests on his newest creation, the Frictionless Table With A Small Hole In The …
SPS this Week
There will be no SPS meeting this week. This Day in Physics 1879 October 9: Max von Laue, German physicist is born. 1968 October 11: Apollo 7, with three men aboard, is successfully launched from Cape Kennedy. 2000 October 11: NASA launches its 100th Space Shuttle mission. 1964 October 12: USSR launches Voskhod I, first …
SPS this Week
SPS will meet at 4:30 to 5:30 on Wednesday, October 6th this week in VanderWerf 102. This Week in Physics October 2 1909: Orville Wright sets an altitude record, flying at 1,600 feet. This exceeded Hubert Latham’s previous record of 508 feet. October 3 1985: The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight. October 4 …