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Lawrence Turner
Ph.D.

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

Southwestern Adventist University
 

Friday, 9 May 08   

julian day:   2454596
sun rise: 6:33a, set: 8:14p
moon: 4.2 days

 
  Constantine founds Constantinople as capital of Rome, 330
U.S. approves sale of the birth control pill, 1960
M.I.T scientist bounces a laser beam off the moon, 1962  

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

Schedule

 Office Schedule
 Calendar


The shortest distance between two jokes
is a straight line!


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

Larry and Cathy



God is weaving the very fabric of space-time in a most fantastic tapestry filled with intricate patterns of energy, matter, and love.










Quantum mechanics — the dreams stuff is made of.

On-campus courses

 PHYS 121, General Physics I (fall 2008) [in preparation]
 PHYS 122, General Physics II (spring 2008) 
 MATH 121, Precalculus (spring 2008) 
 MATH 241, Probability and Statistics (spring 2008) 
 MATH 282, Calculus II (fall 2008) [in preparation]
 MATH 321, Differential Equations (fall 2008)

 [in preparation]


There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods; and that is, the sincere desire to find out the truth, whatever it may be.
Charles Sanders Pierce  


ADP/ADEC courses

       which Math course?
       course text list
 MATH 110, College Algebra
 MATH 121, Precalculus
 MATH 181, Calculus I   [to be revised]
 MATH 282, Calculus II   [in preparation]
 MATH 283, Calculus III   [to be revised]
 MATH 361, Introduction to Linear Algebra   [to be revised]
 MATH 455, Probability Theory


Math is the language God used to write the unverse.


Edmontosaurus annectins
 

Southwestern Adventist University

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 Dominican Republic Mission Trips


The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts
but the training of the mind to think.
Albert Einstein  


 

Summer Research

 Dinosaur Project

only 20 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


Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.
John Dewey  


Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands—and then eat just one of the pieces.
Judith Viorst  

  
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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


There are 10 types of people in the world:
Those who understand binary arithmetic,
and those who don't!




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Useful Stuff

 Pi, pie and more π
 Truth Tables
 Roman Numeral Arithmetic
 Gaussian Elimination
 Periodic Table
 
web development
 Browser Safe Colors
 Predefined Colors
 Color Choices
 HTML named symbols
 Password Setup
 Mail Handler Setup
 Photo Album
 imaginary


There really are only two types of people in the world:
those that don't do math,
and those that take care of them!.



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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