Michael Smitten
I am currently a part time aerospace lecturer, but have worked on aircraft and related subjects for over 40 years including calibration, electronics, avionics, sailing, flying and climatics and during that time have studied and found that most of the assumptions taught in schools and colleges about engineering are not what actually happens in the real world
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I am a qualified electronics and aerospace lecturer.Interests
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A Mirror Doesn't Swap Things Round in The, So-called, Mirror ImageA question arose recently asking why does a mirror reverse the image laterally but not vertically?
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Birds Do Not Know How to FlyTo argue that creatures, including humans, have innate ability -
Global Warming and Renewable EnergyThe cncept that energy from nature is renewable needs serious consideration if we are to exploit it to the degree that it wil replace burning of fossil fuels as a means of energy generation.
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What is the Greenhouse Effect?I have explained how a greenhouse works and the analogy of to global greenhouse gases. I then expand the argument to include refuting political claims for mans apparent contribution to global warming, concluding that it is indeed a myth
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Warm Air Does Not RiseIt is often taught that warm air rises. Is that the whole story?
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There's No Such Thing as "Suction"To explain that suction is not really what it appears to be.