Barry Richard Parker

• Ph.D.
• Professor Emeritus at Idaho State University

Why does a harpsichord sound different from a piano? For that matter, why does middle C on a piano differ from middle C on a tuning fork, a trombone, or a flute? Good Vibrations explains in clear, friendly language the out-of-sight physics responsible not only for these differences but also for the whole range of noises we call music. The physical...

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Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Probing the atom. 3. Particle accelerators. 4. Organizing the particle zoo. 5. Overcoming infinity. 6. Buildinga universe. 7. Gauging the universe. 8. Adding color. 9. Adding charm. 10. Search for the W. 11. Unifying. 12. Looking deeper. 13. Supergravity. 14. Adding more dimensions. 15. Superstrings: tying it all toget...

The story of creation begins with the discovery of the expansion of the universe. Looking at this expansion today we see that it does not involve our sun, our solar system, or even our galaxy, the Milky Way. None of them are expanding. It involves only the space between the galaxies. As we look at the billions of galactic systems beyond the Milky W...

This book discusses the following topics: the search for meaning; Einstein's dream; curved space; Einstein and warped space-time and extreme wraping; early unified field theories; star death; beyond the white dwarf; the early universe; the hadron, Lepton, and Radiation eras; the redshift controversy; other universes; the final fate of the universe;...

The Einstein-Kurşunoǧlu and the Einstein-Bonnor unified-field-theory equations for the time-independent, spherically symmetric electric and magnetic fields are reduced to an ordinary integrodifferential equation of the type previously solved by numerical methods. It is found that specifying the mass and charge of the electric monopole along with us...

An analogy has been drawn between black hole physics and thermodynamics. In this paper the analogy is mathematically broadened. Equations similar to the standard partial differential relations of thermodynamics are found for black holes. The results can be used to supplement an undergraduate thermodynamics course.

The Einstein-Kur\ifmmode \mbox{\c{s}}\else \c{s}\fi{}uno$\stackrel{\mathrm{\ifmmode \check{}\else \v{}\fi{}}}{\mathrm{g}}$lu nonsymmetric field theory has a distributed particle solution for the spherically symmetric time-independent case where ${g}_{23}$\ne${}0$. The mass of the particle is derived from the field energy when the integration consta...

A numerical solution is obtained for the electric spherically symmetric field in Bonnor's unified field theory. This solution can be interpreted as a distributed particle with a finite self-energy. Important constants of the theory k and p are evaluated by assuming the particle carries the electron's charge and mass.

The effect of an external electric field on quantum tunneling in DNA was examined. Zero field potentials for various extensions of the G-C base were first calculated. The change in each of these potentials for three different electric fields was then obtained. To find out if quantum tunneling would be increased with increasing electric field the 3....

Theoretical absorption frequencies in DNA are compared with lines which occur in its infrared spectra. The comparison was made in an effort to gain insight into the accuracy of theoretical hydrogen bond potential curves for DNA. The observed infrared lines do not correlate exactly with the theoretical predications. The reasons for this are discusse...

A calculation of the energy levels for the DNA base units A-T and G-C, along with the forms G-T, G-C excited and G-C anion, was made. The lifetime of the proton on each of the levels and tunnelling time through the barrier at each level was then determined. Finally, the distribution and tunnelling of the protons on the levels for various densities...