Re: SCIENCE: beautiful experiments and brain size

From: S.J. Van Sickle (sjvan@csd.uwm.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 24 2002 - 15:11:16 MDT


On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 22:32, Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
>
> MY Times articles:
>
> Here They Are: Science's 10 Most Beautiful Experiments
> http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/24/science/24BEAU.html?pagewanted=print
>
> I think I've done one of these (high school physics).
> Has anyone done 3-4 or more?

5 out of 5

Galileo Falling Ball (at Boston Museum of Science)
Galileo Incline Rolling Ball (Freshman Physics)
Newton's Decomposition of Sunlight (at home with toy prism)
Young's light interference (at home, playing with optics again)
Millikan oil drop experiment (high school...very cool experiment)

steve van sickle



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