David Jeffery's Site
The Earth from Apollo 17, 1972dec07.
One of the few images showing
a full Earth. Blue oceans, anticyclones. To the south Antarctica and
Madagascar. At the northern edge: India, Asia, Europe.
Greece, Israel, Arabia, Egypt. Somewhere near the center:
Oldavai Gorge.
Credit:
NASA.
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David Jeffery: Vita in pdf
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David Jeffery: Vita in postscript
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David Jeffery: Vita in html and papers
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Introductory Astronomy Web Lectures
Here are the
contents.
- Addresses of interest to Jeffery
Not updated very often.
- Bookmarks of Jeffery
Not updated very often.
- Gym life
Science Links
- Astro Links
- Astronomy My encyclopedia site
for astronomy, general physics, science, and technology.
- Cats & Dogs Gone to the Dogs.
- My Crank Idea
- Physics Links
- References
These are many references that I have used. Many are just
physics and astronomy text books. But philosophy, history,
biography, and other works are listed too.
- SM The SM (or SuperMongo) plotting package
- Supernova Page
My own supernova page with my collection of
supernova spectra in hodge-podge format.
Course Sites
- David Jeffery's course site Links
to my course pages present and past
- Jean
Eilek's course site
Problem Books and Other Courseware
The problem books and solutions in electronic form are available to course
instructors as free courseware.
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Classical Mechanics Problems
A book/file of classical problems at the Goldstein level: still
insufficient for a full course.
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Introductory Astronomy A course of
web lectures that is available for interested instructors.
It is fairly complete for the solar system; the stars and
galaxies is still in development.
There is also an accompanying problems
book Introductory
Astronomy Problems.
- Introductory
Physics Problems
A book/file of introductory physics problems: marginally
sufficient for a full course.
- Lectures on the
History of Astronomy A work in progress---stalled progress.
- Mathematical Tables
A work in progress.
- Quantum Mechanics
Problems
A book/file of quantum physics problems: still insufficient for
a full course.
Arts, Books, and Literature
Dante & Virgil in Hell.
- Art image sites
- Film sites
- International Folk Dance Groups
- Quotes
- Plays My plays
- Poems My poems
- Travels My travels
- Writers and Works
Holiday Greetings
- February 14: Valentine's Day
- February 18: Steve's Birthday
- March 17: St. Patrick's Day
- March 21/22: Spring Solstice
- March 21: John's Birthday
- April 30: Rolly's Birthday
- May 1: May Day
- May 21: Veteran's Day
- June 21/22: Summer Solstice
- June 26: Jen's Birthday
- August 24: Kieran's Birthday
- October 14: Beth's Birthday
- November 18: Rebecca's Birthday
- December 21/22: Winter Solstice
- December 25: Christmas Greeting