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Science Lessons from Bitter Cold

By Jack Williams

The strong winds and bitter cold that the new year 2010 brought to large parts of the United States has put wind chill in the news. This, like any outbreak of cold, windy weather, offers high school physics teachers in places where people are talking about wind chill an opportunity to relate the laws of thermodynamics to everyday life. Elementary and middle... »

Williams promotes book in the Midwest

By Jack Williams

CHICAGO -- Two Chicago television stations interviewed Jack Williams on July 28 about The AMS Weather Book. First, Tom Skilling interviewed Jack on his WGN TV  Midday News weather  show.  In his promo for the interview, Skilling said: "A... »