This week in the Ron Paul Curriculum physics course was about the wave nature of light.This was the last week of the course! The next 4 weeks are going to be spent in review. Diffraction: This occurs when waves pass through a narrow opening or around an object. The amount of diffraction depends on the … Continue reading Physics: Week 32
Economics: Lesson 165 If Americans 'buy Asian,' what can Asian exporters do with the dollars? Politicians have trained the public to believe that a manufacturing country is more wealthy. This is true, and the Industrial Revolution is the perfect example of this. But what happens when a nation gets exceedingly rich? It shifts from manufacturing … Continue reading Manufacturing to Services
This week in the Ron Paul Curriculum physics course was an introduction to geometric optics. The Ray Model of light: It is a useful model for analyzing geometric optics such as lenses and mirrors. It assumes that light traveled in a straight line. Speed of light: The speed of light depends on the material it … Continue reading Physics: Week 31
This week in the Ron Paul Curriculum physics course was an introduction to electromagnetic waves and light. Maxwell's Equations: Maxwell was the the Newton of electromagnetic. He created 4 equations or principles: A generalized equation that related electric field to its source.Electric charge law and a similar law for a magnetic field.An electric field is … Continue reading Physics: Week 30
Economics: Lesson 160 Is free trade across a county border economically different from free trade across a national border? When it comes to town borders, county borders, and state borders, nobody cares about them and they are simply invisible lines. Conservatives defend free trade across these domestic borders with no tariffs or sales taxes because … Continue reading Conservative Polylogism
English: Lesson 145 "Compare and contrast the attitude of each movie regarding guns." Shane (1953) and High Noon (1952) are two of the best western movies ever created. Until this last week, westerns to me were just fun movies filled with drama, gun fighting, and simple sets and characters with not a lot of detail … Continue reading A Gun is as Good or as Bad as the Man using it
This week in the Ron Paul Curriculum physics course covered the basics and introduction to ac circuit analysis. Basics of AC current AC through a resistor: The current and voltage is always in phase and Ohms law applies. The energy is transferred into heat and lost in the environment. Inductor in series: By kerchiefs law, … Continue reading Physics: Week 29
Economics: Lesson 155 Do import quotas benefit most voters economically? People understand that when they purchase an imported good from across the sea and it is brought over their national border, that they will have to pay an import quota. They don't know why, but they pay it anyway and are told it is to … Continue reading Tariffs & Taxes & Invisible Lines
In week 28 of the Ron Paul Curriculum physics course, we covered Electromagnetic applications. AC generator and DC generator diagram Generator equations Transformers: a device for increasing or decreasing voltage. Think of hydro wires, coming from the road to a house. Transformer equations Mutual inductance: Units of inductance: called a henry (H) Self inductance: An … Continue reading Physics: Week 28
English: Lesson 140 Is it easier for skilled authors to manipulate movie viewers or book readers? Good writers will never be out of work. If you can write effectively, you can think effectively, and thinking leads to the creation of good books, articles, speeches, and movies. Movies have taken off like wildfire in the last … Continue reading How can you create the sound, costumes, sets, and landscapes on a page?
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