https://www.talesoftheuniversebook.com/home2 daily 0.75 2021-06-17 https://www.talesoftheuniversebook.com/book daily 0.75 2022-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2cca3375ff984d316d4ef4/c3c61aba-1086-434c-88a5-3e98c0af3510/Front_Cover+LR.jpg Book A STEM book of physics parables. Professor Eegerson’s Tales of the Universe uses storytelling to introduce five physics principles commonly used in engineering. It’s the story of a boy that befriends a retired physics professor who has developed a powerful homemade telescope to study the stars. The professor’s fantastic tales of life in different galaxies enthrall the boy, prompting him to share the amazing “discoveries” with his friends and teachers. However, it seems the professor is not done teaching, since each story is actually an allegory for a different physics principle. Imagine a collection of illustrated parables where the lessons are about physics, rather than religion, and you’ll begin to understand the concept of Professor Eegerson’s Tales of the Universe. The book is inspired by the late Nobel Prize winning physicist, Richard Feynman, who believed story telling was an effective method of introducing science concepts to his young son. https://www.talesoftheuniversebook.com/home4 daily 0.75 2021-06-19 https://www.talesoftheuniversebook.com/home3 daily 0.75 2021-06-22 https://www.talesoftheuniversebook.com/physics daily 0.75 2022-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2cca3375ff984d316d4ef4/1597619174109-N94AXI1UB3F4QZVMUUXB/spacex.jpg Physics - Newton’s Second Law of Motion Newtonian mechanics describes the motion of bodies under a system of forces. The second law states that a change in an object’s velocity is a function of the object’s mass and amount of force applied to the object. This principle governs the motion of all things, including bicycles, autos and rockets. The book also introduces Hooke’s Law, which states that a spring’s force scales linearly to how much the spring is compressed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2cca3375ff984d316d4ef4/1597634189345-JJ5RGG2S09QKOITS38UT/Tacoma_Narrows.jpg Physics - Resonance Systems, depending on their mass and stiffness, will naturally oscillate when excited at their natural frequency. In acoustic resonance, sound waves amplify when the frequency matches the systems’s own natural frequency of vibration (e.g. a guitar string). When designing mechanical systems, engineers must ensure the resonance frequencies of component parts do not match driving vibrational frequencies of motors or other oscillating parts. Otherwise the system can literally shake itself apart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2cca3375ff984d316d4ef4/1598814939166-U0JSZ50TSAG54JO1N9BX/Air%2BConditioning.jpg Physics - Phase Change As a medium changes from one phase to another, energy is either released or absorbed. Energy is absorbed when changing from liquid to gas (vaporization) and released when changing from gas to liquid (condensation). Engineers use this phenomenon to move energy from one location to another in order to provide cooling and heating. Common cooling examples are refrigeration and air conditioning. A heat pump is capable of moving energy in either direction so it can provide both heating and cooling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2cca3375ff984d316d4ef4/1597897964657-W78DUMY0HUHSPGUGZHPX/Jet+Engine.jpg Physics - First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics Thermodynamics considers the effects of work, heat and energy on a system. The First Law states that the total energy of a closed system remains constant (the conservation of energy). The Second Law states that heat cannot naturally flow from a colder location to a hotter location. The book also introduces how the speed that heat flows in a medium is a function of the temperature gradient in the medium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2cca3375ff984d316d4ef4/1598039978137-2FZQ9IGJ8TF2ELOCDMFQ/Tesla+2.jpg Physics - Electromagnetism Electric current running in a wire produces a magnetic field capable of exerting a magnetic force. Conversely, moving a wire in a magnetic field induces an electric current in the wire. Electric motors depend on the first phenomenon and electric generators on the latter. Today’s electric cars typically utilize both phenomena. https://www.talesoftheuniversebook.com/contact daily 0.75 2022-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2cca3375ff984d316d4ef4/1598126620188-O7SCAS9GSAF7SI0SBBNT/Contact.jpg Contact - For more information email: talesoftheuniversebook@gmail.com https://www.talesoftheuniversebook.com/writer daily 0.75 2022-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2cca3375ff984d316d4ef4/1598047333733-JZSU0O21U39SHJ37C5US/Head_shot.jpg Writer - Writer and Illustrator Greg Sviatoslavsky, PE Greg is a mechanical engineer working for NASA Ames Research Center. Prior to NASA, he worked for Bechtel using numerical analysis to model physics of fluid and structural systems. Greg is a licensed professional engineer in the state of California and has a bachelor and master degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. 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The second law states that a change in an object’s velocity is a function of the object’s mass and amount of force applied to the object. This principle governs the motion of all things, including bicycles, autos and rockets. The Second Law is expressed by the equation Force=Mass x Acceleration or F = ma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2cca3375ff984d316d4ef4/bb83ae45-362d-4094-928e-5eb111d9e087/Story+1.jpg Story 1 - How the physics is depicted The amount of spring compression in the Newtonian pinball-like launch device provides a visual representation of force magnitude and the size of each Newtonian provide a visual representation of differing mass. To satisfy the equation F = ma, if mass (m) increases, and acceleration (a) remains the same, the force (F) must increase to balance the equation. This relationship is expressed in the story by comparisons similar to that shown in the adjacent image. https://www.talesoftheuniversebook.com/story-2 daily 0.75 2023-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2cca3375ff984d316d4ef4/1597634189345-JJ5RGG2S09QKOITS38UT/Tacoma_Narrows.jpg Story 2 - Story Two Physics - Resonance Systems, depending on their mass and stiffness, will naturally oscillate when excited at their natural frequency. In acoustic resonance, sound waves amplify when the frequency matches the systems’s own natural frequency of vibration (e.g. a guitar string). When designing mechanical systems, engineers must ensure the resonance frequencies of component parts do not match driving vibrational frequencies of motors or other oscillating parts. Otherwise the system can literally shake itself apart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2cca3375ff984d316d4ef4/48584c91-26d9-4083-a341-d01db2a310ed/Story+2.jpg Story 2 - How the physics is depicted In the book, each Newtonian represents a system of different stiffness - with stiffness decreasing from left to right in the adjoining image. The driving vibrational frequencies are represented by the tempo of various music. A system response when driven at its natural frequency is represented by the Newtonian’s irresistible urge to dance when exposed to music played at a tempo that resonates with the Newtonian. Stiff systems resonate at high frequencies. More flexible systems resonate at lower frequencies. https://www.talesoftheuniversebook.com/story-3 daily 0.75 2023-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2cca3375ff984d316d4ef4/e0ade67d-eb6f-4339-938c-fbd8bb50b4bf/S3-Photo.jpg Story 3 - Story Three Physics - Phase Change As a medium changes from one phase to another, energy is either released or absorbed. Energy is absorbed when changing from liquid to gas (vaporization) and released when changing from gas to liquid (condensation). Engineers use this phenomenon to move energy from one location to a different location in order to provide cooling or heating. Common cooling examples are refrigeration and air conditioning. A heat pump is capable of moving energy in either direction so it can provide both heating and cooling. The image to the right shows two condensing units, which are used to release heat, absorbed from a house’s indoor air, to the outdoors on a hot day by condensing a refrigerant that was vaporized by heat absorbed from the indoor air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2cca3375ff984d316d4ef4/e29fa1da-b422-45da-8833-0ac25f3d6288/Story+3.jpg Story 3 - How the physics is depicted In the book, the transforming creature, called a phaze, represents the medium that changes from one phase to another. The transformation from layten to sprog represents vaporization (energy absorbed to provide cooling). The transformation from sprog to layten represents condensation (energy released to provide heating). Actually, our hero’s depiction on the chalkboard captures the idea quite nicely. https://www.talesoftheuniversebook.com/story-4 daily 0.75 2023-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2cca3375ff984d316d4ef4/c5f92bc0-de09-463b-87e9-ab08f6d5afe6/S4-Photo.jpg Story 4 - Story Four Physics - First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics Thermodynamics considers the effects of work, heat and energy on a system. The First Law states that the total energy of a closed system remains constant (the conservation of energy). The Second Law, as it applies to heat, states that energy, in the form of heat, cannot naturally flow from a colder location to a hotter location. The book also introduces how the speed that heat flows in a medium is a function of the temperature gradient in the medium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2cca3375ff984d316d4ef4/1606b53d-df5f-4cef-b84b-f920386e37e4/Story+4.jpg Story 4 - How the physics is depicted The Beeteeyoos represent energy. They do not die or give birth which aligns with the conservation of energy (First Law). The story uses color as analogy for temperature with blue representing cold and red hot. The Beeteeyoos constant pursuit of the cool color blue is analogous to heat naturally flowing to cooler temperatures. If the temperatures change is high over a short distance, the “gradient” is steep which speeds the flow of heat. This is illustrated in the adjacent image. Think of rolling a ball down a hill, if the hill is steep (high gradient), the ball rolls faster than it would rolling down a hill that is less steep (low gradient). https://www.talesoftheuniversebook.com/story-5 daily 0.75 2023-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2cca3375ff984d316d4ef4/f537f596-0f04-46ba-9c00-50658b27c2e7/S5-Photo.jpg Story 5 - Story Five Physics - Electromagnetism Electric current running in a wire produces a magnetic field capable of exerting a magnetic force. Conversely, moving a wire in a magnetic field induces an electric current in the wire. Electric motors use the first phenomenon to generate forces that drive mechanical motion, and electric generators use the latter phenomenon to generate electrical current from mechanical motion. Today’s electric cars typically utilize both phenomena. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2cca3375ff984d316d4ef4/27b95bff-ff30-4319-996c-eacd5972ebee/Story+5.gif Story 5 - How the physics is depicted The eel-like creature, called an Amp, represents electrical current moving through a wire. The rotating motion of the sea-snake-like creature, called a Flux, represents a magnetic field. In response to the Amp swimming forward, the Flux swims circles around the Amp, which is analogous to how a motor uses current to generate a magnetic field that drives mechanical motion. In response to the Flux swimming circles around the Amp, the Amp is compelled to swim forward, which is analogous to how a generator uses a rotating magnetic field to produce electrical current.