Dr Frank Thompson

  • University of Manchester
  • Consultant, Education
  • United Kingdom

My Publications

A throw-away society is a very wasteful society.

  • Physics Education
  • February 2015

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

  • Physics Education
  • September 2014

An old flame

  • Physics Education
  • July 2014

Measuring heart beats

  • Physics Education
  • March 2014

An electronic electroscope

  • Physics Education
  • December 2013

An experiment on the dispersion of light

  • Physics Education
  • October 2012

Shedding a little light on illumination

  • Physics Education
  • June 2012

Looking back at spectrophotometers

  • Physics Education
  • December 2011

Is diffusion physical or chemical?

  • Physics Education
  • October 2011

Paramagnetic and diamagnetic materials

  • Physics Education
  • May 2011

The shaking torch: another variation on the inductive force

  • Physics Education
  • November 2010

Stirling engine gets revisited

  • Physics Education
  • May 2010

Coupled coils, magnets and Lenz’s law

  • Physics Education
  • February 2010

Metering homes can cut carbon

  • Physics Education
  • August 2009

An automated gasometer for the teaching laboratory

  • Physics Education
  • October 2008

Archimedes and the golden crown

  • Physics Education
  • June 2008

A bug on the line

  • Electronics Education
  • January 2007

Measuring surface tension with single-drop dispenser equipment

  • Physics Education
  • December 2006

One hundred years of electronics

  • Physics Education
  • March 2005