Physics Department Colloquia |
Events During the Week of April 19th through April 26th, 2009
Monday, April 20th, 2009
- No events scheduled
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
- No events scheduled
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
- No events scheduled
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
- No events scheduled
Friday, April 24th, 2009
- Let's go Skating... and do some Physics on the Ice
- Time: 4:00 pm
- Place: 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
- Speaker: Charlotte Elster, Ohio University
- Abstract: Skating is fun! Figure skating is fun, great exercise and beautiful to watch. Though I skated as a child on frozen ponds, I started figure skating only a few years ago. This talk will discuss slippery ice and how our blades work. Then the intricate interplay of linear and angular momentum that characterizes the beauty and challenge of figure skating will be explained with selected examples. Above all I want to share my love for the sports while looking at it through the lens of a physicist.
- Host: Balantekin