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Lawrence Turner
Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics and Physics
Chair, Mathematics and Physical Sciences Department

Southwestern Adventist University
 

Thursday, 18 Mar 10   

julian day:   2455274
sun rise: 7:34a, set: 7:37p
moon: 2.8 days

 
  during the sixth crusade Frederick II crowns himself King of Jerusalem, 1229
Ernest Rice is awarded the patent for "pantyhose", 1958
Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov performs first 'spacewalk'—Voskhod 2, 1965
Ideal Toys releases "Rubik's Cube", 1980
 

H2O + NH3 + C2H5 + PDQ + U235 and a pinch of salt

Schedule

 Office Schedule
 Calendar


"To pun or not to pun?"
If that is the question, then always choose "to pun!"


 
Larry Turner and Cathy Turner (Lawrence Turner and Catherine Turner), 2006

Larry and Cathy



God is strolling through His garden of galaxies,
cradling them in His hands,
touching a star here or there to watch it explode!










Quantum mechanics — the dreams stuff is made of.









Don't Panic

On-campus courses

 PHYS 121, General Physics I  (fall 2009) 
 PHYS 122, General Physics II  (spring 2010) 
 PHYS 221, General Physics with Calculus I  (fall 2009) 
 PHYS 222, General Physics with Calculus II  (spring 2010) 
 MATH 121, Precalculus  (fall 2009) 
 MATH 241, Probability and Statistics  (spring 2010) 
 MATH 491, Selected Topics  (spring 2010) [in process]


In the fabric of space and in the nature of matter, as in a great work of art, there is, written small, the artist's signature.
Carl Sagan  


Distance Education courses

       which Math course? 
       course text list 
 
 MATH 110, College Algebra 
 MATH 121, Precalculus 
 MATH 241, Probability and Statistics  
 MATH 181, Calculus I  
 MATH 282, Calculus II  
 MATH 283, Calculus III  
 MATH 361, Introduction to Linear Algebra  
 MATH 455, Probability Theory  
      SWAU approved Distance Education course


I see a certain order in the universe and math is the one way of making it visible.
May Sarton  

Edmontosaurus annectins
 

Southwestern Adventist University

 SWAU home
      Academic Calendar
 Cathy
 Mathematics/Physical Science
      Physics Lab
 Dominican Republic Mission Trips





It isn't enough just to learn—one must learn how to learn, how to learn without classrooms, without teachers, without textbooks. Learn, in short, how to think and analyze and decide and discover and create.
Michael Bassis  


 

Summer Research

 Dinosaur Project

only 77 days until the adventure begins!
 
  abstracts
 GPS Techniques, GSA 2000
 Unusual Assemblage, GSA 2001
 Digital Modeling with GIS, SVP 2002
 Recreating Using GIS, SVP 2003
 Five Years Experience Using GIS, SVP 2004
 The Use of GPS, SVP 2004   html version
 Taphonomic Windows, GSA 2005
 Depositional Model, SVP 2006
 Tall Jalul, Jordan
 
  abstracts
 GPS Survey System at Tall Jalul, ASOR 2004


Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein  

If the world were fair,
a VCR would program itself, chocolate would not be fattening,
and men would give birth to babies.

  
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Written Stuff

 A.L.I.C.E. Alice's Little Introduction to the Computer Enigma
 In the Beginning A story of God and the universe
 Parable of the Them A story of planetary exploration
 The Hadrosaur A morning in the life of a young hadrosaur
 Teaching Principles General Teaching Principles
 General Laws General Computer Laws and Other Laws
 God's Will What does God want for us?
 The Family Decision What is best?
 The Farm A teenager and her summer on her grandfather's farm
 Diary * Diary of a young woman


The best thing about a computer is that it does exactly what you tell it to do.
The worst thing about a computer is that it does exactly what you tell it to do!
 

Useful Stuff

 Pi, pie and more π
 Truth Tables
 Prime Factors
 Roman Numeral Arithmetic
 Gaussian Elimination
 Periodic Table
 
web development
 Browser Safe Colors
 Predefined Colors
 Color Choices
 HTML named symbols
 imaginary


73.165421% of all statistical studies claim a precision that is not justifed by the method used.
(A calculator must have been used!)

pax et bonum
 
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W   97°  19′  41.0″
  

Department of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Southwestern Adventist University
Keene, TX   76059
phone:   (817) 202-6708
fax:         (817) 202-6744
e-mail:     turner@swau.edu

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