Saturday, August 30, 2008

Shedding Light on Dark Matter (supplement)

Shedding Light on Dark Matter Powerpoint

I've added as supplementary material here, my actual printed powerpoint presentation slides for the 4-part 50-minute lecture. Although the incredible animation effects that went into the Barry Bonds segment aren't alive on the .pdf document, the images provide backup to all those times that I say, "search this or that." It may also be helpful to scroll through it while listening.

Also, I may as well attach my paper, Dark Matter Versus Modified Newtonian Dynamics, for those who are interested in my segment in the series that covered it. I went over the topic briskly and may have skipped some things, so the paper is also in this post for everyone to gawk over.

Friday, August 29, 2008

Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 4)

Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 4)

In the fall I'm giving a lecture series on topics ranging from the history of the universe to time travel. Dark Matter is one of those topics.

In this final part of the series, we go over a very brief history of Dark Matter and some of its competitor theories, such as Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) and Massive Compact Halo Objects (MACHOs).

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 3)

Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 3)

In the fall I'm giving a lecture series on topics ranging from the history of the universe to time travel. Dark Matter is one of those topics.

In this third of 4 part series, we go over candidates for dark matter particles and detection techniques.

Next installment goes over the history of Dark Matter and its competitors.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 2)

Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 2)

In the fall I'm giving a lecture series on topics ranging from the history of the universe to time travel. Dark Matter is one of those topics.

In this second of 4 part series, I do a thought experiment involving Barry Bonds and detail the origin and nature of matter.

Next installment deals with detecting candidates of Dark Matter.

Friday, August 8, 2008

Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 1)

Shedding Light on Dark Matter (part 1)

In the fall I'm giving a lecture series on topics ranging from the history of the universe to time travel. Dark Matter is one of those topics.

In this first of 4 part series, I give a brief introduction and go over distinguishing Dark Matter from what isn't Dark Matter.

Next installment deals with properties of matter and Dark Matter and how they apply to baseball.