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Fundaments, Fragments, Open Questions -

a short trip through the building of physics

from Wolfgang Jacobsen

Some examples of the figures encluded in the text

From booklet 3 Mechanics:

From paragraph 3.2.4 Planar Periodic Motions

Lissajous figures with an amplitude-ratio of 1:1,
a frequency ratio of 1:1 / 1:2 / 2:3
and a phase difference of 0 / 45° / 90°
(origin: designed by the autor)
From paragraph 3.2.4 Transit Configuration of Celestial Bodies
Solar eclipse on the Cassini space probe at the 15.09.2006
(colour contrast enhanced original image)
(origin: http://jpl.nasa.gov/figures/PIA08329\_fig2.jpg)

From booklet 8 Thermodynamics:

from paragraph 8.1.18 The Energy Type Surface Energy:
Structure of an oil-in-water emulsion (suncream) - image size 40 µm
(source: confocal microscope image taken by the author)
from paragraph 8.7.4 The Temperature Control of Buildings:
City Hall of Taos (New Mexico/USA) as an example of a modern building
in the Pueblo construction methode
(source: photo taken by the author)
from paragraph 8.8.3 Global thermal equalising currents / the global climate:
A danish perspective: view of northern europe taken from the International Space Station ISS (26.02.2003)
(source: NASA image gallery:
www.nasa.gov/multimedia/image\_gallery/image\_feature\_458.html)
from paragraph 8.8.4 Global Climat Change:

Actual altitude-distribution of landscape
(a) distribution function of the normaliesed landscape
(b) over the altitude averaged relative fraction of landscape (red) and altitude-related density of landscape (green)
(source: graphic designed by the author)

from paragraph 8.8.5 A Hypothesis explaining the Global Climate:
Chronological sequence of CO2-concentration of the earth atmosphere (green), ground temperature (red) and see level (blue) during the pleistocene
(source: graphic designed by the author based on data published via
ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/contributions\_by\_author/siddal2003 and
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/temperature)

From booklet 11 Optik:

from paragraph 11.10.4 Contrast generating Effects of Imaging Optical Instruments:
Image of a water patch on a painted car part
(a) under bright field illumination
(b) under dark field illumination
(source: images taken by the author)

From booklet 12 Materials Science:

from paragraph 12.1.3 Why are construction concepts size dependent ?

Skeleton of a Tyranno saurian exposed in the Royal Museum of Paleontology
in Drumheller/Alberta (Kanada)
(source: photo taken by the authore)
from paragraph 12.3.4 Non-linearity and geometrie dependance :
Plastic Zone near the crack tip
CLSM-image of a Polycarbonate optical fibre
(source: confocal microscopic image taken by the author)
from paragraph 12.7.4 The Filler/Matrix-Interface:
CLSM-image of a short fibre reinforced polybutadiene/polyamide blend
after long-term alternating mechanical load
(source: confocal microscopic image taken by the author)
from paragraph 12.9.3 Anisotropic Composites:
Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River (nearby Tarrytown/New York State/USA)
Photo showing some details of the steel construction
(source: photo taken in 1994 by th author)
Experiment showing the tensile strength of Polystal
mass of the Mini-truck = 4 t ; Polystal-diameter = 7,5 mm
(source: Research-Bayer-Forschungsmagazin, 1986, S. 34-41)
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