About ilovephysics.com
By Christopher MoorePhysics is a liberal arts education for a technological society.
Why ilovephysics.com
Face it, physicists have done a bad job of promoting the science.
Most people believe that physics is too difficult to understand. Sure, everyone enjoys the fruits of physics research and we all experience physics every second of every day of our lives. But a vast majority of the world could care less.
ilovephysics.com was created as a tool to change the negative perceptions others have about our favorite science. This site is here to help you share your love of physics with the world.
Physics should be explained in simple to understand language. That’s how we try to do it at ilovephysics.com.
We’ve built a community of hundreds of physics fans from across the world, and each of us is ready and willing to help you in your quest to understand physics.
About ilovephysics.com
ilovephysics.com went online in January 2004 with the purpose of promoting and facilitating physics education. Bold goals for a website I mainly built for my high-school students. It was also my first real website, sort of my self-study introduction to HTML and PHP. The only visitors back then were my students with a few stray physics phans here and there. Since then, the site has grown. It currently serves over 50,000 visitors, almost 200,000 pageviews, and about a half million hits every month. Since its inception the site has reached literally millions around the world with its message. In November 2006, ilovephysics.com was featured in Science Magazine in their “Best of the Web in Science” series. Read more by clicking here.
The site is a not-for-profit venture with the sole purpose of promoting a love of physics. All revenue generated from advertising (what little there is) is used for the operation of the site.
Who is Chris Moore
I am the creator and administrator of ilovephysics.com. I operate it because I love physics. Who am I? I am an Assistant Professor of Physics in the Department of Chemistry and Physics at Longwood University. In the past I have taught introductory courses in physics at St. Catherine’s School and J.R. Tucker High School. I love physics, and I love to teach it.
My research is in the field of experimental solid state physics, where I have focused specifically on fundamental and applied surface science for the last 6 years. Currently I am studying surfaces of large band-gap semiconductors. My work has been discussed in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Lynchburg News & Advance and the Farmville Herald.
For those that are interested, my CV is here.
Disclaimer
Many of the ideas and opinions presented herein are those of Nature, and are not necessarily shared by the publisher. Blame God, not me.
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