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Prompted by and dedicated to all those who don't know enough about physics – the fun subject!

Here is my best conversation stopper at a party……
To me "what do you do?" " I am a teacher" "Oh really, what do you teach?" "Physics" after which there is either a long silence, a groan, the person is physically sick or else the usual…"oh I never really liked physics"..or even more common…."I never understood physics at school".

SO HERE WE GO..lots of commonly misunderstood BAD PHYSICS and hopefully some simple explanations of how it should be.

PLEASE WRITE IN..if you have any which you would like to add..and this site will grow and grow…GREAT! Please feel free to correct me!

QUESTIONS?
If you have any physicsy questions which you would like to ask..please write in and ask..if I don’t know the answer (and let's face it I am not brilliant!) I shall try and find out…or maybe I’ll present it on here for others to answer!
PLEASE DON’T THINK that a simple question may be a stupid question and therefore not ask….THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A STUPID QUESTION…..IF IN DOUBT, ASK.

*** following a conversation with one of my students I need to ammend the above:***
there IS such a thing as a STUPID QUESTION.....it is the question that you did NOT ASK!

CONTACT
Contact me, Geoff Piper at geoffpiper@onetel.com or use the feedback form on this site ... don’t forget your own address if you want a reply!

By the way if you want to see the physics department blurb for my school try:
www.svs.org.uk, then academic departments and physics.

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Here is a nice picture which I took of
6 egg yokes in a cup: lovely symmetry!







BAD PHYSICS EXPLAINED

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FORCEFUL ERRORS......................    

...............SHOCKING ELECTRICITY    

HOT MISTAKES..........................    

.............................LIGHT RELIEF    

NUCLEAR NAUGHTIES...................    

......................GENERAL CLANGERS    

 


THE BAD STORY OF EDDY CURRENT
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BAD PHYSICS JOKES
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BAD PHYSICS QUESTIONS
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BAD PHYSICS EXPRESSIONS
or...Do you REALLY mean that?
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BAD PHYSICS LINKS
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