The Science of Soap Films and Soap Bubbles

The Science of Soap Films and Soap Bubbles

Author: Cyril Isenberg

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780486269603

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Superb treatment of molecular and macroscopic properties of soap films and bubbles, emphasizing solutions of physical problems. Over 120 black-and-white illustrations, 41 color photographs.


Demonstrating Science with Soap Films

Demonstrating Science with Soap Films

Author: Lovett

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2017-11-22

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1351456202

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Many of us have been fascinated as children by soap bubbles and soap films. Their shapes and colours are beautiful and they are great fun to pay with. With no les intensity, scientists and mathematicians have been interested in the properties of bubbles and films throughout scientific history. In this book David Lovett describes the properties of soap films and soap bubbles. He then uses their properties to illustrate and elucidate a wide range of physical principles and scientific phenomena in a way that unifies different concepts. The book will appeal not only to students and teachers at school and university but also to readers with a general scientific interest and to researchers studying soap films. For the most part simple school mathematics is used. Sections containing more advanced mathematics have been placed in boxes or appendices and can be omitted by readers without the appropriate mathematical background. The text is supported with * Over 100 diagrams and photgraphs. * Details of practical experiments that can be performed using simple household materials. * Computer programs that draw some of the more complicated figures or animate sequences of soap film configurations. * A bibliography for readers wishing to delve further into the subject. David Lovett is a lecturer in physics at the University of Essex. His research interests include Langmiur-Blodgett thin films and the use of models as teaching aids in physics. He has been interested in soap films since 1978 and has made a number of original contributions to the subject, particularly in the use of models which change their dimensions and their analogy with phase transitions. He has published three other books including ITensor Properties of Crystals (Institute of Physics Publishing 1989). John Tilley is also a lecturer in physics at the University of Essex with research interests in theoretical solid-state physics and soap films. He is coauthor of Superfluidity and Superc


Soap Bubbles, Their Colours and the Forces which Mold Them

Soap Bubbles, Their Colours and the Forces which Mold Them

Author: Charles Vernon Boys

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1959-01-01

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 0486205428

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This excellent primer and classic work on the topic of soap bubbles and films employs simple experiments to establish a practical basis for the existence and function of surface tension and energy minimization. Experiments require only soap, straws, and bits of rubber to impart profound fundamental concepts related to fluids. 83 illustrations. 1911 edition.


Bubble and Foam Chemistry

Bubble and Foam Chemistry

Author: Robert J. Pugh

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-09-08

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 1107090571

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Combining academic and industrial viewpoints, this is the definitive stand-alone resource for researchers, students and industrialists. With the latest on foam research, test methods and real-world applications, it provides straightforward answers to why foaming occurs, how it can be avoided, and how different degrees of antifoaming can be achieved.


Demonstrating Science with Soap Films

Demonstrating Science with Soap Films

Author: Lovett

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-11-22

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 1351456199

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Many of us have been fascinated as children by soap bubbles and soap films. Their shapes and colours are beautiful and they are great fun to pay with. With no les intensity, scientists and mathematicians have been interested in the properties of bubbles and films throughout scientific history. In this book David Lovett describes the properties of soap films and soap bubbles. He then uses their properties to illustrate and elucidate a wide range of physical principles and scientific phenomena in a way that unifies different concepts. The book will appeal not only to students and teachers at school and university but also to readers with a general scientific interest and to researchers studying soap films. For the most part simple school mathematics is used. Sections containing more advanced mathematics have been placed in boxes or appendices and can be omitted by readers without the appropriate mathematical background. The text is supported with * Over 100 diagrams and photgraphs. * Details of practical experiments that can be performed using simple household materials. * Computer programs that draw some of the more complicated figures or animate sequences of soap film configurations. * A bibliography for readers wishing to delve further into the subject. David Lovett is a lecturer in physics at the University of Essex. His research interests include Langmiur-Blodgett thin films and the use of models as teaching aids in physics. He has been interested in soap films since 1978 and has made a number of original contributions to the subject, particularly in the use of models which change their dimensions and their analogy with phase transitions. He has published three other books including ITensor Properties of Crystals (Institute of Physics Publishing 1989). John Tilley is also a lecturer in physics at the University of Essex with research interests in theoretical solid-state physics and soap films. He is coauthor of Superfluidity and Superc


The Sceptical Chymist

The Sceptical Chymist

Author: Robert Boyle

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2020-07-30

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 3752370815

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Reproduction of the original: The Sceptical Chymist by Robert Boyle


POP!

POP!

Author: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2001-09-04

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 0064452085

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Bubbles What are bubbles made of? Why are they always round? Read and find out about the science behind soap bubbles, and learn why bubbles always go POP!


Andrew Glassner's Notebook

Andrew Glassner's Notebook

Author: Andrew S. Glassner

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9781558605985

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This is a collection of 18 columns written by Andrew Glassner for Computer Graphic and Applications magazine. As well as the published material, the book includes notes and corrections to the original articles, a chapter of introduction, and additional text and graphics not originally included. Topics range from computer graphics and art, to the ethics of computers in society.


Universal Foam

Universal Foam

Author: Sidney Perkowitz

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780385720700

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Physicist Sidney Perkowitz, whom the Washington Post calls "a gloriously lucid science writer," exposes the full dimensions of foam in our lives, from cappuccino to the cosmos. Foam affects the taste of beer, makes shaving easier, insulates take-out coffee cups and NASA space shuttles, controls bleeding in trauma victims, aids in drilling for oil, and captures dust particles from comets. The foam of ocean whitecaps affects Earth's climate, and astronomers believe the billions of galaxies that make up the universe rest on surfaces of immense bubbles within a gargantuan foam. From the cultural uses of foam to the cutting edge of foam research in cosmology and quantum mechanics, Perkowitz's investigations will delight readers of Henry Petroski, James Gleick and Michio Kaku.


Physical Models

Physical Models

Author: Bill Addis

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2020-11-02

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 3433032572

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Physical models have been, and continue to be used by engineers when faced with unprecedented challenges, when engineering science has been non-existent or inadequate, and in any other situation when the engineer has needed to raise their confidence in a design proposal to a sufficient level to begin construction. For this reason, models have mostly been used by designers and constructors of highly innovative projects, when previous experience has not been available. The book covers the history of using of physical models in the design and development of civil and building engineering projects including bridges in the mid-18th century, William Fairbairn?s Britannia bridge in the 1840s, the masonry Aswan Dam in the 1890s, concrete dams in the 1920s, thin concrete shell roofs and the dynamic behaviour of tall buildings in earthquakes from the 1930s, tidal flow in estuaries and the acoustics of concert halls from the 1950s, and cable-net and membrane structures in the 1960s. Traditionally, progress in engineering has been attributed to the creation and use of engineering science, the understanding materials properties and the development of new construction methods. The book argues that the use of reduced scale models have played an equally important part in the development of civil and building engineering. However, like the history of engineering design itself, this crucial contribution has not been widely reported or celebrated. The book concludes with reviews of the current use of physical models alongside computer models, for example, in boundary layer wind tunnels, room acoustics, seismic engineering, hydrology, and air flow in buildings.