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  1. A throw-away society is a very wasteful society.

    Article • Physics Education, February 2015, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Frank Thompson

  2. Inductive probe to measure the Earth’s magnetic field: a short note

    Article • Physics Education, September 2014, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Frank Thompson

  3. An old flame

    Article • Physics Education, July 2014, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Frank Thompson

  4. Measuring heart beats

    Article • Physics Education, March 2014, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Frank Thompson

  5. An electronic electroscope

    Article • Physics Education, December 2013, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Frank Thompson

  6. An experiment on the dispersion of light

    Article • Physics Education, October 2012, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Frank Thompson

  7. Shedding a little light on illumination

    Article • Physics Education, June 2012, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Frank Thompson

  8. Looking back at spectrophotometers

    Article • Physics Education, December 2011, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Frank Thompson

  9. Is diffusion physical or chemical?

    Article • Physics Education, October 2011, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Frank Thompson

  10. Paramagnetic and diamagnetic materials

    Article • Physics Education, May 2011, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Frank Thompson

  11. The shaking torch: another variation on the inductive force

    Article • Physics Education, November 2010, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Frank Thompson

  12. Stirling engine gets revisited

    Article • Physics Education, May 2010, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Frank Thompson

  13. Coupled coils, magnets and Lenz’s law

    Article • Physics Education, February 2010, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Frank Thompson

  14. Metering homes can cut carbon

    Article • Physics Education, August 2009, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Frank Thompson

  15. An automated gasometer for the teaching laboratory

    Article • Physics Education, October 2008, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Frank Thompson

  16. Archimedes and the golden crown

    Article • Physics Education, June 2008, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Frank Thompson

  17. A bug on the line

    Article • Electronics Education, January 2007, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Dr Frank Thompson

  18. Measuring surface tension with single-drop dispenser equipment

    Article • Physics Education, December 2006, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Frank Thompson

  19. One hundred years of electronics

    Article • Physics Education, March 2005, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Frank Thompson