There is more to physics than F = ma, complicated theories, and acres of problems to solve. Visit these places when you need a break. To my knowledge the humor contained at these sites is neither vulgar nor defamatory, and is appropriate for teenagers to consider.

"There are some things that are so serious you can only joke about them." -- Niels Bohr

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Diversions in Mathematics - Count Me In

This is an interesting site that compiles math snafus that likely made the victims wish they had done their homework. http://www.mathmistakes.com

What follows is not a joke but rather a well-presented, interactive collection of Euclid's Elements. Deep down, I must be a closet geometer. http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/elements.html

PHYSICS HUMOR (an oxymoron)

http://www.dctech.com/physics/humor/

http://www.xs4all.nl/~jcdverha/scijokes/2_4.html

Click here for the cartoon laws of physics  http://www.zilker.net/~lswote/cartoon_law.html

http://www.xs4all.nl/~jcdverha/scijokes/2_4.html

 

 

DIVERSIONS FOR PHYSICISTS

This page is written by me and serves as an invitation to search the Internet for physics trivia.Scavenger Hunt

Optical Illusions click here

Too much time on your hands? See how engineers at Honda solved this pronlem.

The Darwin Awards Presented annually to persons who through their own stupidity single-handedly have improved the quality of the gene pool. http://home.tiac.net/~cri_b/darwin/darwin.html

Physics Thinking Problems (activity based): http://www.physics.umd.edu/rgroups/ripe/perg/abp/think/

Other reference sites that will link you to dozens of humorous points of interest. http://www.cyberspc.mb.ca/~dcc/phys/humor.html

To browse an on-line daily physics newspaper, visit http://www.physlink.com/

About the author, check out this space

 

 

BAD PHYSICS AT THE MOVIES

http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/

http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/movies/

http://www.slipups.com/items/4298.html

 

 

GOT TIME FOR AN INTERESTING WEB SITE

Need a pithy saying today? Find a quotation generator at http://www.arachnoid.com/quoter/

Don't believe everything you read until you visit here

http://www.skeptics.com.au

http://skeptic.com/

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