Assorted PowerPoint Presentations by John Preston

Presentations at the UCC, UUAA, CCR, INDY and Franke

The following are PowerPoint presentations that accompanied a lecture. They are animated and may be paused for more careful perusal. Most do not include the narrative dialog or audience questions except for the CALL videos of 2021.

Presented at Eastern Michigan University

Last Lecture—Final lecture to the global technology class I created on my last day as a professor at EMU

Presented at Adult Forum, Unitarian Church in Charleston

Iran and the Nuclear Deal—Presentation in March 2015 on the eve of signing the nuclear deal with Iran

Nuclear Energy in the News

Star Power

Politics and the Grid (May 9, 2021)

Taiwan: Island on the Edge (March 5, 2023)

Fusion Part I: Introduction (Jan. 5, 2024)

Fusion Part I: Nuclear Physics (Jan. 5, 2024)

Hydrogen Fusion – Six competing systems, Jan. 12, 2024

Presented at the Men’s Retreat, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor, May 18, 2021

The American Dream

Presented at the Men’s Group, Unitarian Universalist Church in Charleston

How to Choose a Life Partner

Presented at the College of Charleston, Center for Creative Retirement

China: A Framework for Understanding

Electric Price Matters

Monitoring your Home

The Next Campaign: Bigger Ideas and Better Choices

Electric Cars and the Grid; Part1, Part2, Part3, References

Presented online for the College of Charleston, Charleston Academy for Lifelong Learning (CALL); 2021

1. Physics for Art Lovers (2/24/2021)

2. Physics for Music Lovers (3/3/2021)

3. Physics and Politics of the Grid (3/10/2021)

4. Physics for History Lovers (3/17/2021)

5. Physics for Philosophers (3/24/2021)

Presented at the College of Charleston, Charleston Academy for Lifelong Learning (CALL); 2020

1. Descriptions with Numbers

2. Equations

3. Exploring the Unknown

4. Round and Round

5. Graphs

Presented at the College of Charleston, Charleston Academy for Lifelong Learning (CALL); 2022

Introduction

1. The Sorcerer's Stone

2. Secrets of the Spinning Globe

3. It's Alive!

4. ESP

5. Managing Your House Elf

Presented at the College of Charleston, Charleston Academy for Lifelong Learning (CALL); 2023

Almost No Math Physics-Introduction

1. Greek Philosophers

2. Laws of Motion

3. Momentum and Thermodynamics

4. Communicating with Waves

5. Atomic Physics

6. Nuclear Physics

Presented for INDY (I’m Not Dead Yet); Charleston;

Electric Cars and the Grid; Part1, Part2, Part3, References January 11, 2022

China: A Framework for Understanding February 14, 2023

Presented for FRANKE, Charleston;

China: A Framework for Understanding January 30, 2023

Taiwan: Island on the Edge (March 20, 2023)