Don
Bruns' Home Page
Biography:
Ph.D. in Physics,
University of Illinois, Urbana, 1978
B.A. Physics and Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1974
First physics experiment
Don’s
Science Autobiography
Personal
Mementos
Life List
Common Sense
Mineral Collection
10 year coin bank
Layered Wood Tool Holder
My Highest Scoring Scrabble game
Vacations
Great
Astronomers - travel photos of the homes and workplaces of the first modern
scientific astronomers, including Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo.
- Germany
2002; featuring the homelands of his ancestors near Bremen.
- Grand Canyon
2002; including realistic hints for hiking.
- Italy 2002;
featuring a visit to Galileo's home in Florence.
- Japan 2003;
Tokyo, Mt. Fuji, and the world's greatest hobby store.
- Pikes
Peak Descent 2005; a 13 mile hike down America's most famous mountain
- Total Solar
Eclipse and Greece 2006; totality for almost 4 minutes, and tours
around Greece with a stop in Turkey
- Pikes
Peak Ascent 2006; a hike up to the 14,115' summit in only three hours.
- Hike
to the Pacific Ocean; 21 miles round trip from my home to the beach in
San Diego.
- Germany
and Poland 2006; Kepler, Copernicus, Minerals, and beautiful cities
(and food!).
- Germany and
Austria 2007; Beethoven, Mozart, chocolate, and Kepler.
- Holland and
Belgium 2008; 400 Years of Telescopes, scientists, and cathedrals.
- Israel
2009; return to the Holy Land.
- Italy 2009;
visit to Rome during two major sporting events, with side trips to Assisi
and Pompeii.
- RMNP YMCA 2010;
hiking and crafts at the YMCA camp near Rocky Mountain National Park.
- Pacific
Coast Cruise 2010; Vancouver to Los Angeles, with all the food we
could eat!
- Sequoia
2010; Hikes in Sequoia National Park, mostly above timberline.
- France
2000; our first trip to Paris
- England
and Egypt; Stonehenge to Luxor
- Prague,
Vienna, and Bratislava; Cathedrals and Memorials
- Sydney,
Australia; the Opera
House, Harbor Bridge, and animals
All text and images are Copyright by Stellar Products, 1992-2014. Any use by
others without permission of Stellar Products is prohibited.
Links to other Stellar Products pages:
Stellar Products
Home
Image
gallery
Adaptive
optics tutorials
