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Here's the page one up in the directory structure:

https://www.av8n.com/physics/

It's got a lot of very interesting math and physics information.

Looks really impressive. For those interested in this sort of thing, another huge and varied collection of mathematical/physics articles is located at https://www.mathpages.com/

He's the guy that built the shark for 'Jaws' while an undergraduate. Very very capable, to say the least. Saw him in the halls during my postdoc but never had the occasion to talk with him.

> He's the guy that built the shark for 'Jaws' while an undergraduate.

Fascinating. That thing famously never worked well, and the movie was better for it.

Denker describes the development as a case study in "Experimental Techniques in Condensed Matter Physics at Low Temperatures." His chapter is on electromagnetic shielding and grounding - important for animated sharks and microKelvin measurements. Spielberg is indirectly referenced as the director getting impatient with delays caused by all sorts of hidden electrical problems.

The book is a compendium of tips and techniques from graduate students in Cornell's famous low temperature physics lab. Although published in 1988, it is sufficiently general to be valuable today.

https://books.google.com/books?id=8tJMDwAAQBAJ&pg=PP16&lpg=P...

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