Gravity: Throwing Rocks for Fun and Profit
Dates: | April 6-27, 2021 |
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Meets: | Tues. from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM |
Location: | Online Presentation |
Cost: | $40.00 |
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Please note: This course program requires membership in a 2020 - 2021 OLLI at MSU Membership or 2021 - 2022 OLLI at MSU Membership or 2021 - 2022 OLLI at MSU Membership
Tony Demetriades, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at MSU, will explore mankind's efforts to defy gravity when objects fall or are launched from the Earth into the atmosphere and beyond. Topics to be covered include Newton's law of gravity, the concepts of buoyancy and flight, air resistance, terminal and escape velocities, and shock waves and explosions. The course will examine gravity as applied to missiles, projectiles, satellites, supersonic airliners and meteorites.
Fee: | $40.00 |
Online Presentation
This is a real-time (live) online class that meets at the specified day(s)/time(s) listed.We will send you a reminder email with login instructions one business day before the program start date. If there are additional sessions, we will send reminders the morning of those sessions.
Tony Demetriades
Anthony (Tony) Demetriades received his A.B. from New York's Colgate University, his M.S. degree from the University of Minnesota and his doctorate in aeronautics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He spent 16 years in the aerospace industry and taught mechanical engineering at Montana State University. He has lived in Bozeman since 1979, was chairman of Gallatin County's Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Committee and of Gallatin County's Historic Preservation Board. He has a deep interest in history, especially the history of Western culture and the history of the American West.Date | Day | Time | Location |
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04/06/2021 | Tuesday | 10 AM to 11:30 AM | Online Presentation |
04/13/2021 | Tuesday | 10 AM to 11:30 AM | Online Presentation |
04/20/2021 | Tuesday | 10 AM to 11:30 AM | Online Presentation |
04/27/2021 | Tuesday | 10 AM to 11:30 AM | Online Presentation |