Good For

Good For are short essays on practical, everyday applications of physics, peppered with URLs to interesting material on the web.

 Key points:

• Good For answers must be submitted in class the day they are due.
• Sample responses will be discussed in class.
• Using the information given and your physics knowledge, you can earn homework credit for scientifically explaining your answer to the "Good For" question.

"But what ... is it good for?"

- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, commenting on the microchip (1968)