Physics Songs. (That’s right.)

By | March 18, 2010 | Science Education, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

Poster art smallMy pal, Jacquie, linked me up with Walter Smith, a physics professor at Haverford College. Smith put together a remarkable collection of Physics Songs! The online, searchable database includes an endless supply of favorites such as: “I Got Physics,” and “I Walk the Incline.” Enough chit-chat, let’s sing-a-long to this classic:

Twinkle, Twinkle, Now I Know, by Pietro Calogero (2004)

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, now I know just what you are:
Fusing sphere of plasma mass, wrapped in iridescent gas;
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, super-hot that’s what you are.

(flinging arms outward)
Nebula of fading light, spread into the outer night.
Blast remains of grand events, distribute new elements.
Gossamer in majesty, monument to entropy. (more)

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  • http://www.AlchemEDU.org Paul Shin

    Great tunes! My physics prof in college (UCSC) sang a song:

    THere’s physics in the ocean
    There’s physics in the air
    There’s physics in outer space
    There’s physics everywhere

    Quite a catchy tune that I still remember to this day. Any others folks?

  • http://www.AlchemEDU.org Paul Shin

    Great tunes! My physics prof in college (UCSC) sang a song:

    THere’s physics in the ocean
    There’s physics in the air
    There’s physics in outer space
    There’s physics everywhere

    Quite a catchy tune that I still remember to this day. Any others folks?

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  • JT Lewis

    Where does science end and policy begin?
    Nearly ten years ago, Linda Rosenstock, MD, MPH and Lore Jackson Lee explored : Attacks on Science: The Risks to Evidence-Based Policy
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447376/

    “As government agencies, academic centers, and researchers affiliated with them provide an increasing share of the science base for policy decisions, they are also subject to efforts to politicize or silence objective scientific research. Such actions increasingly use sophisticated and complex strategies that put evidence-based policy making at risk.”

    Have things improved in the intervening years?

  • JT Lewis

    Where does science end and policy begin?
    Nearly ten years ago, Linda Rosenstock, MD, MPH and Lore Jackson Lee explored : Attacks on Science: The Risks to Evidence-Based Policy
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447376/

    “As government agencies, academic centers, and researchers affiliated with them provide an increasing share of the science base for policy decisions, they are also subject to efforts to politicize or silence objective scientific research. Such actions increasingly use sophisticated and complex strategies that put evidence-based policy making at risk.”

    Have things improved in the intervening years?