Open directory - Physics - Science - Humor

Angels on a Pin - The possibly true story of the many possible ways of determining the height of a building using only a barometer.

BBspot - Overclocker Creates Rift in Space-Time Continuum - A rift in the space-time continuum was created when overclocker Jamie Aperman ran a 750 MHz Coppermine Pentium III at 1.6 GHz. It appears that the CPU was operating so fast that it began to execute instructions before they arrived.

Buttered Cat - Stick a buttered piece of bread on the back of a cat, then throw the cat out a window. The result may surprise you.

Einstein, Heisenberg, Tipler - A story of interviews between these men and God, intended to determine if they should enter Heaven.

Evil Squirrels and Physicists - Squirrels are known to hate mankind. First they got the midgets, now they eat the physicists.

First Atomic Clock Wristwatch - A HP 5071A Cesium Beam Primary Frequency Reference can in fact be used as a wrist watch. You have a choice of stainless steel or adjustable nylon band.

Love and Tensor Algebra - A poem by Stanislaw Lem

The Non Abelian Names of God - A scientific paper parody which includes

The Physics Crackpot Index - A fun site which outlines how you can tell if a new theory is really from a crackpot.

Physics Limericks - Poems from the contests sponsored by the American Physical Society.

Physics Song Book - New physics lyrics to classic tunes.

PhysicsSongs.org - Songs, and links to sites with more of them.

Politically Correct Physics - Revised physics course descriptions.

Profession Jokes - Physicists - A collection, including

QuarkDance.org! - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Particle Data Group welcomes you to see its Quark Dance website which is a gateway to many exciting physics websites.

SatireWire - Scientist Splits Atom, Finds Toy Prize Inside - A Princeton physicist recently split an atom of hydrogen and found a toy prize inside, the journal Science reported in its June issue. [Contains fictitious information.]

Sokal's Hoax -

The Super G-String - A parody of modern string theories written in the form of a research paper.

Super G-String Field Theory - A sequel to the original paper on g-string theory.

Theological Thermodynamics - This document reproduces two classics of science parody/humor. The first applies the physics of thermodynamics to conclude that Heaven is hotter than Hell. The second is a response which combines Biblical evidence with thermodynamics to argue that, while heaven is devilishly hot, hell is hotter still.

UT-Chattanooga Collection of Physics Humor - Wide variety of physics jokes and humorous essays.

BBspot - Half-Life 2 Physics Engine Contains Grand Unified Theory - Physicists at Cornel-Putnam University (CPU) confirmed yesterday the Holy Grail of Physics, the Grand Unified Theory, is contained in the Half-Life 2 source code. (December 1, 2003)