I wasn't impressed with the R&T vaudeville routine and I think we need to keep clear that we are an astronomy club, not a high school physics class. I don't know that there are a lot of aspects of astronomy that can be demonstrated on stage other than the simplest facts, like moon phases. I would rather learn something about galaxies that see somebody demonstrate that dry ice can deflate a balloon. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 7:44 AM MDT Chuck Hards wrote:
Anybody who has ever seen professors Ragsdale and Driscoll at the U give the annual Faraday lecture knows how enjoyable and interesting a science demo can be. Chemistry in this case. I saw it many times and knew what to expect from the demonstrations, but it was so much fun that it was never a letdown. Those two had their routine down pat, and worked well off each other. They could have done vaudeville.
Alas, the pair retired from the lectures in 2004 and I think some new faculty are doing them now, but those two left some big shoes to fill.
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
Yes, demos would be great. Maybe someone from U of U Physics could present something.
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