Articles

Goldstein, Jeffrey. "Does Playing Violent Video Games Cause Aggressive Behavior?" Goldstein, Jeffrey. "Does Playing Violent Video Games Cause Aggressive Behavior?"- Quick and very sharp critique of the validity of recent research on video games and violence. Richard A. Bartle. "Players Who Suit MUDs" Richard A. Bartle. "Players Who Suit MUDs"- Discusses whether MUDs are games, pass times, sports or entertainments and suggests four kinds of player: achiever, explorer, socialize… Klevjer, Rune. "In Defence of Cutscenes" Klevjer, Rune. "In Defence of Cutscenes"- Article situating cutscenes in games in relation to popular culture and narrative, arguing against the radical ludologist position that t… Juul, Jesper. "A clash between game and narrative" Juul, Jesper. "A clash between game and narrative"- MA thesis by a Danish ludologist arguing that games are not narrative. Links to his other work. 1999. Kennerly, David. "Fun is Fine: Toward a Philosophy of Game Design" Kennerly, David. "Fun is Fine: Toward a Philosophy of Game Design"- Argues that honest game design begins and ends with "fun" considered philosophically. Castronova, Edward: Virtual Worlds: A First-Hand Account of Market and Society on the Cyberian Frontier Castronova, Edward: Virtual Worlds: A First-Hand Account of Market and Society on the Cyberian Frontier- Abstract of report on the economy of Everquest, arguing that this virtual … Gravitational Lensing with Wineglasses Gravitational Lensing with Wineglasses- Explains how gravitational lensing can be simulated using wine glasses as (unusually-shaped) glass lenses. Includes images and diagrams to … Gravitational Lensing in Astronomy Gravitational Lensing in Astronomy- Review article by Joachim Wambsganss, published in Living Reviews in Relativity. Provides a brief history of gravitational lensing, an overview… Weak Gravitational Lensing Weak Gravitational Lensing- Article by Matthias Bartelmann and Peter Schneider about the statistical analysis of weak lensing effects that can be used to gain information about th… Strong and Weak Lensing Constraints on Galaxy Mass Distribution Strong and Weak Lensing Constraints on Galaxy Mass Distribution- Review article by Jean-Paul Kneib about the way that gravitational lensing can be used to infer the mass distribut… HubbleSite News Center: Gravitational Lenses HubbleSite News Center: Gravitational Lenses- List of images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of Gravitational Lenses (including the famous Einstein Cross picture); updated con… Gravitational Lensing from a Spacetime Perspective Gravitational Lensing from a Spacetime Perspective- Article by Volker Perlick (Technical University, Berlin) published in Living Reviews in Relativity about gravitational lensing … Gravitational Lenses Gravitational Lenses- Site hosted by the Université de Liège; features a bibliography, a list of lensing candidates, and descriptions of didactical experiments (involving glass le… Gravitational Lens Data Base Gravitational Lens Data Base- Homepage of CASTLEs, a gravitational lensing survey based at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The main feature is a data base, comple… Lectures on Gravitational Lensing Lectures on Gravitational Lensing- Lecture notes by Ramesh Narayan (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) and Matthias Bartelmann (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy) about… Is Dark Matter Theory or Fact? Is Dark Matter Theory or Fact?- As part of Scientific American's "Ask the Experts" series, physicists Rhett Herman of Radford University and Shane L. Larson of Montana State Unive… Modified Gravity and the Phantom of Dark Matter Modified Gravity and the Phantom of Dark Matter- J. R. Brownstein's Ph.D. Thesis on the modified gravity alternative explanation to dark matter, and a core-modified dark matter fi… Found: Most of the Universe Found: Most of the Universe- Article by "bad astronomer" Phil Plait on the COSMOS survey that has mapped the distribution of dark matter in the cosmos. Published in Seed magazine. The Search for Dark Energy and Dark Matter The Search for Dark Energy and Dark Matter- Video of a talk given by Stanford physicist Patricia Burchat at the 2008 TED conference. ZEPLIN-III ZEPLIN-III- Homepage of a collaborative experiment that searches for dark matter constituents. Includes information about the experiment, the collaborators in the UK, Portugal, an… UK Dark Matter Collaboration UK Dark Matter Collaboration- Homepage of a UK-based collaboration that, from 1987 to 2007, operated a series of underground detectors in search of weakly interacting massive part… Experimental Searches for Dark Matter Experimental Searches for Dark Matter- Extensive review article about attempts to detect dark matter particles. Includes a summary of the observational evidence for dark matter, a… Particle Dark Matter: Evidence, Candidates and Constraints Particle Dark Matter: Evidence, Candidates and Constraints- Review article on particle dark matter, with a focus on experimental searches. Suitable for graduate students or advanc… CRESST CRESST- Homepage of the CRESST experiment (Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers), a European collaboration to search for particle constituents of dark mat… Direct Searches for Dark Matter Direct Searches for Dark Matter- A review of the methods and findings of searches for particle constituents of nonbaryonic dark matter. Requires some previous knowledge of particl… CDMS Experiment CDMS Experiment- Homepage of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment at the University of California, Berkeley. The experiment uses a large germanium crystal cooled to 20 mK t… What is Dark Matter? What is Dark Matter?- One-page explanation of dark matter from the Usenet Physics FAQ, written by Scott I. Chase. The Early History of Dark Matter The Early History of Dark Matter- Article about the discovery of, and early research on, dark matter by Zwicky, Smith, Babcock and Oort in the 1930's and 1940's. By Sidney van den… Primer on Dark Matter Primer on Dark Matter- Concise illustrated overview of the current status of dark matter. Some basic previous knowledge of astronomy is needed. By Mike Guidry (University of Tenne… Dark Matter Dark Matter- Description of dark matter, its properties and consequences. Includes texts, plots, graphs and schematics. By Martin White (University of California, Berkeley).