![]() ![]() I think that it has become a tee shirt in Australia. His almost constant comment,"Why is it so?" flowed throughout his demonstrations. He's "Bill Nye, the Science Guy" or "Watch Mr.Wizard" with a bit if an attitude. It is worthwhile to search Google or YouTube for some of his videos. I am going to see if I can get an interlibrary loan or something like that. If his prose is as exciting as his presentations it should be a great read. His snappy pace, gritty voice, constant sense of wonderment and really, really showbiz physical science so well suited to the medium of television inspired me to think just great things about Nature and how the world of science could help us all understand it all. I do remember seeing Professor Julius Sumner Miller on american television on the Steve Allen show in the early 1960s. At this time (July 2013) there appears to be copies available from Australia for 128 dollars US, a bit steep for my taste. If you can find this book, get it, read it, keep it and read it again. Schools have abandoned integrity and rigor." How true, and even more so today. We don't have academic honesty or intellectual rigor. He was ahead of his time with this quote, "Boys and girls are emerging from every level of school with certificates and degrees, but they can't read, write or calculate. He took a short look at the equation which filled an entire blackboard, made a few grunts, and "Hmmms", and calmly wrote in the answer faster than anyone expected. I was privileged enough to see him address the School of Physics here at Queensland University where they would set a challenge for him on each of his visits, usually a very complex mathematical equation describing some law of physics - but there was no answer. He came here many times, most likely because of his great friendship with Australian physicist Prof. We also shared a love of Australia, my home country. I identify with many of his characteristics his unending curiosity, his obsession with finding out why things worked as they did, his obsession with reading, his love of correct grammar, his hatred of human wastefulness and his love of horseradish of all things. Later, he was to use his own money to improve the library's range of books. He was born with an insatiable curiosity, and read his home-town library dry. This is, as the name suggests, his autobiography, completed in part by his wife Alice after his death in 1987. With his simple experiments, he made us think for ourselves, and his comic relief assistant always made the show entertaining. During his lifetime, he single-handedly promoted physics (and learning) to the general public more than any other person. He grew up on the family farm in the United States, before pursuing his passion for physics.This man was a hugely underrated physicist, most likely because of his TV celebrity status through his show, "Why Is It So?". Professor Miller, born in 1909, was his Eastern European parents' ninth child. He used the developments as reminder to have "faith in physics", before moving on with his show. "It went! It went! Oh ho! … Mamma mia did it go!" Professor Miller exclaimed in shock and delight. He returned to his lesson to explain what may have gone wrong, when an almighty bang thundered through the set. The fingers are pushed toward each other. Support Symmetric A metre stick is supported horizontally on two fingers symmetrically placed. Then he waited … and waited … but the drum remained disappointingly intact. Here is a presentation of this demonstration by Julius Sumner Miller (Demonstrations in Physics pages 16 and 17): Metre stick on two fingers I. I smiled as I watched the lesson on air pressure, a 14-minute. Next, he doused it with a watering can, and later, ice. His email today included a link to a show he had rediscovered: Professor Julius Sumner Miller’s Demonstrations in Physics. ![]() Soon after, it started spewing steam and the Professor and an assistant sealed it up. Unfortunately however, the much needed 1960s push. ![]() The beloved presenter of Why Is It So? graced Australian television screens from 1963-1986, sharing his passion for physics through a variety of entertaining experiments. (chemistry), and Julius Sumner Miller (physics) inspired a generation of future scientists and teachers. That's a (very rough) description of Professor Sumner Miller's 1964 attempt to crush a metal drum with a dash of water and the power of physics. It starts with a flop, and ends with a bang, and not once does Professor Julius Sumner Miller's faith in physics falter. ![]()
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