The Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics is an informative but tongue-in-cheek website designed to be instructive in semiconductor physics. Centered on the popularity and sex appeal of American pop singer Britney Spears, it offers a humorous play on the teaching of physics. It was created by Carl Hepburn while a postgraduate at the University of Essex.
The website has been featured on websites ranging from BBC News to MTV.[1][2] A 2016 article in Vice magazine uses it as an example ("a living relic") of historical viral phenomena.[3]
Subjects include "The Basics of Semiconductors", "Density of States", and "Photolithography" among others. The site also includes a glossary of terms humorously entitled "Lip-glossary of Semiconductor Terms".
References
edit- ^ "Britney makes physics sexy". BBC News. 1 May 2001. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
- ^ Montgomery, James (12 November 2004). "Britney Spears Can Finally Add 'Professor Of Physics' To Her Resume". MTV. Archived from the original on November 17, 2004. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
- ^ Pearson, Jordan (8 January 2016). "Motherboard: Britney Spears's Guide to Physics Is Still the Best Science Website From 1999". Vice.
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