Final Paper - Biophysics and Physics - due December 2nd

A gentle reminder that your Final Paper in Physics and Biophysics is due on December 2nd.

Please note that only one paper is required!

For Physics students, the paper title is
"The Cultural Influence of Physics"

And for Biophysics students -
"Describe connections you can make between Biophysics and your TCM studies"

Your paper should be between 500 and 1000 words and can be submitted electronically to laurence_spears@yahoo.com in Word or pdf format.
Please include your name in your paper's filename.
Or simply bring in a hard copy to the school - my mailbox is in Reception.

Happy Holidays!

Larry Spears

Physics Field Trip - Aura Photography - December 2nd

I have made arrangements for our class - all Biophysics students are most welcome - to have our auras photographed on Thursday, December 2nd, between 5:00 and 6:30 pm at:

Psychic Reality
1630 Webster St.
Oakland, Ca. 94612

Tel: 510 251 6560

Psychic Reality is located on the corner of 17th Street and Webster in downtown Oakland
- five blocks from the Academy and close to both downtown Oakland BART stations.
Street parking is generally available.

http://www.psychicreality.com/

The cost for your aura photography package is around $20.

Assignments for Week Eleven - Energy Medicine and Energy Fields

Blog assignments for this week:

• Acupuncture as effective energy medicine
• What conclusions can you draw from Kirlian photography?
• Human intent as it affects health

Check out the following links on the Institutes of Biophysics in China:

http://www.lifescientists.de/ib0100e_.htm
Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China

http://www.lifescientists.de/members/Shen.htm
The Research group in the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R.China

http://159.226.118.206/detailt.aspx?newsno=8094
Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Class Blog List

Here is the latest list of class blog addresses:

http://poppyandtheuniverse.blogspot.com/

http://tcmamy.blogspot.com/

http://www.lavenderlady-acchsfall2010.blogspot.com/

http://hughes108.blogspot.com/

http://tentalces.blogspot.com/

http://www.elemental-annetteb.blogspot.com/

http://ethicsofmetta.wordpress.com/physics-concepts-in-motion/

http://msacchsphysics.blogspot.com/

http://uncertaintycertainly.blogspot.com/

http://acchsphysicsamanda.blogspot.com/

http://caroliniacchs.blogspot.com/

http://robbchemistry09.blogspot.com/

http://yellowhermit.blogspot.com/

Assignments for Week Ten - Life and Living Systems

Blog assignments for this week:

• I know I’m a “living system” because…….
• Biophysics and Oriental Medicine
  

Check out the following links:

http://www.crystalinks.com/kirlian.html
Aura Photography

http://members.tripod.com/RandyHiatt/Kirlianpage.html
Kirlian Photography

http://www.experiencefestival.com/kirlian_photography
A Wisdom Archive on Kirlian Photography


And here is the link to Sondra Barrett's website - inner space gallery
http://www.mysticmolecules.com/

Assignments for Week Nine - Synthesis

Blog assignments for this week:

• My E-Prime Day - describe your day, only using English Prime
  
• Can I synthesize East and West?
• Post a response to a classmate's blog

Check out the following links on Biophysics:

http://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?ID=991
Oxygen Metabolism

http://www.bionetonline.org/
New discoveries in life sciences - Explore the science and debate the issues

http://www.mountainman.com.au/chaos_02.htm
Order Out of Chaos by Ilya Prigogine & Isabelle Stengers

Assignments for Week Eight - Classical Physics

Blog assignments for this week:

• Newton’s Three Laws and me
• Our “Energy Efficient” Culture
• Descartes has a lot to answer for!
  
• Post a response to a classmate’s blog

Check out the following links on Towards a New Synthesis:

http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/TKno/TKnoAlte.htm
Arrow of Time: Towards a New Epistemology of Science

http://www.hinduism.co.za/hinduism.htm

Hinduism & Quantum Physics

http://www.doyletics.com/art/physicsa.htm
Physics as Metaphor by Roger S. Jones
A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Human Side of Science

http://www.rawilson.com/quantum.html
Quantum Psychology - E and E-Prime
Robert Anton Wilson