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RE: help me spend some money!
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Thu, 12 Aug 1999 20:17:14 GMT
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Jim Thomas <JIM.THOMAS@antispamTRW.COM>
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A correction on the books by Gordon (J E, not G E), here are the details:
The New Science of Strong Materials : Or Why You Don't Fall Through the
Floor (Princeton Science Library)
ISBN: 0691023808
Publisher: Princeton University International Finance Section
Publish Date: September 1988
Author: James Edward Gordon
Binding: Paperback,2nd ed.,287pp.
List Price: US 16.95
and
TITLE: Structures, Or, Why Things Don't Fall Down (Da Capo Press Paperback)
ISBN: 0306801515
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publish Date: August 1981
Author: James Edward Gordon
Binding: Paperback Trade 395 pg
List Price: US 15.95
Both can be had for less than list price, delivered. Go to
http://www.addall.com for a price comparison search engine.
JT
-----Original Message-----
From: Ralph Hempel [mailto:rhempel@bmts.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 6:11 AM
To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
Subject: RE: help me spend some money!
> My curriculum this year will be totally irrelevant. This coming year I • will be
> teaching biology ( and believe me, this will be the blind leading the • blind!)
> This is because we are shifting bio from grades 10 to 9 and physical • science
> from 9 to 10, so this year we have nobody who needs phys. sci. Normally I
> teach physical science, which is watered down physics plus watered down
> chemistry. So I'm not sure how to work any of this stuff into bio, but I • have
> to use it for something this school year, according to the grant, so maybe
> we'll just have a Play With Lego week, right before Christmas when the • kids are
> pretty useless anyway. Karen
I hope by irellevant you mean there will be a curriculum but you are unsure
of
the content!!! :-)
Bio, did you say bio? Here are some LEGO related bio ideas...
1. Actuators - how does the natural world move things? Hydraulics (simulate
with
opneumatics, and no, dont get that thread giong again) muscles, tendons
etc...
2. Sensors - how do insects see? or tell light from dark. I can see a
scuttlebug
that hides from or is attracted to light.
3. Mechanics - how are joint problems solved in nature. Ball joints have 3
degrees
of freedom, hinges have only one...
4. Levers, how can we push and pull with our arms?
LOTSA stuff to cover there...
By the way, a REALLY interesting and decent read is Prof G.E. Gordons 2
Volume
set bublished by Penguin. It's still in print but a little hard to find.
They are
1. The New Science of Strong Materials - Or Why You Don't Fall Through The
Floor
2. Structues - Or Why Things Don't Fall Down
I'm not sure about the title of 2 but it has a lot of relevant info on the
relationship
between the natural world and engineering materials, covered in an easy to
read
style with LOTS of real-world anecdotes.
Hope this helps...
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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| (...) Jim, assume you cared enough to have already read these books...they really are quite good, aren't they? Thanks for correcting my initial post... Cheers, Ralph (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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