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Lawrence Turner
Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics and Physics

Southwestern Adventist University
 

Wednesday, 16 May 12   

julian day:   2456064
year day:      137      
sun rise: 6:28a, set: 8:18p
moon: 26.1 days

 
  Charles Hires invents Root Beer, 1866
Senate, by one vote, acquits president Andrew Johnson of articles of impeachment, 1868
George Hormel Co. introduces Spam, 1891
first Academy Awards Ceremony, 1929
Endeavour launches on her last flight (25 missions), 2011
 

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

Schedule

 Office Schedule
 Calendar


The goodness of the true pun is in the direct ratio of its intolerability.
Edgar Allan Poe      


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

Larry and Cathy



The most incomprehensible thing about our universe is that it can be comprehended.
Albert Einstein      






Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
John Lennon      





I often quote myself.  It adds spice to my conversation.
George Bernard Shaw      



Don't Panic



The dinosaur's eloquent lesson is that if some bigness is good, an overabundance of bigness is not necessarily better.
Eric Johnston      

On-campus courses

 PHYS 112, Introductory Astronomy  (spring 2012) 
 PHYS 121, General Physics I  (fall 2011) [next: fall '12]
 PHYS 122, General Physics II  (spring 2012) 
 PHYS 221, General Physics with Calculus I  (fall 2011) [next: fall '12]
 PHYS 222, General Physics with Calculus II  (spring 2010) 
 MATH 241, Probability and Statistics  (spring 2012) [next: fall '12]
 MATH 283, Calculus III  (spring 2012) 
 MATH 321, Differential Equations  (fall 2008) [next: fall '12]


I know that I am mortal and a creature of one day;  but when my mind follows the massed wheeling circles of the stars, my feet no longer touch the earth.
Ptolemy      


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  
      Southwestern approved Distance Education course


We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.
Ray Bradbury      

Edmontosaurus annectins
 

Southwestern Adventist University

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





Tell me and I forget.  Teach me and I remember.  Involve me and I learn.
Benjamin Franklin      


Teaching Principle:
14.  Students are never as ignorant about course policies and requirements as they try to make you believe.


 

Summer Research

 Dinosaur Project

only 15 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
 Ten Years Excavation, SVP 2010
 Tall Jalul, Jordan
 
  abstracts
 GPS Survey System at Tall Jalul, ASOR 2004


He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
Joseph Joubert      

 
If you can't convince them, confuse them.
Harry S Truman      

 
There's nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with chocolate.
Linda Grayson      





16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone is 1 Rod Serling

 

Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later.
Mary Bly      


Web pages are like babies:  creation involves a level of enthusiasm that does not necessarily carry over into maintenance.

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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


Apathy Error:  Don't bother striking any key.




It has now been proven beyond a doubt that smoking is the major cause of statistics.
 

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




Life is complex. It has its real and imaginary components.

pax et bonum
 
N   32°  23′  51.7″
W   97°  19′  41.0″
 
All of the biggest technological inventions created by man—the airplane, the automobile, the computer—says little about his intelligence, but speaks volumes about his laziness.
Mark Kennedy      

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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