30th
October
2007
Poetic justice
On of those defining moments in an educated life is when you realize that something learned a long time ago is finally relevant. Let’s set the situation. We’re in a physics class around 1970 and the topic of the day is static electricity. We start with the wimpy foil leaf that moves in response to an ebony rod that was rubbed with rabbit fur. Boring. Write up the lab report and wait for the next class.
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