The Flying Circus of Physics is a book about curious events and effects of the everyday world. This site is an extension of the book.
Spotlight story for this month: Click on the title down below here Secondary stories for this month: Click on "News/Updates" in menu at the left Archived stories and links (hundreds): 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F, 1G, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 Index to this site and the book:A-C, D-K, L-Q, R-S, T-Z Store (books, tee shirts, mug): click on "Store" in the menu at the left New --- Facebook Flying Circus of Physics site: new videos from me every month. The first in the series: the Cheerios effect. Plus old television videos and many photos. Here is the link. Come for a visit, and consider signing up as a fan of the site. Jay Waller stories: Physics for Citations (over 11,000) and links (over 2000) for items in the book (pdf files): Chap 1, Chap 2, Chap 3, Chap 4, Chap 5, Chap 6, Chap 7 A random sample from the book appears at lower right each time you come to this site.
---- Jearl Walker ps. If the biplane at the top of the page doesn't have sound and motion, download the free flash player from Adobe.com.