pelrun on Miners Vs NASA: It’s A Nevada Showdown.Joel on FreeCAD Is Simple, According To This Tutorial.C on FreeCAD Is Simple, According To This Tutorial.Piotrsko on Miners Vs NASA: It’s A Nevada Showdown.Professor Miller reached thousands of students in the course of his nearly 40-year teaching career, and inspired millions more throughout North America and Australia via television programs like The Mickey Mouse Club and Miller’s own show entitled Why Is It So? His love for science is indeed infectious, as you can see in this segment about the shock value of capacitors.Ĭontinue reading “Julius Sumner Miller Made Physics Fun For Everyone” → Posted in Art, Biography, Hackaday Columns, Slider Tagged physics, physics demonstrations, Professor Wonderful, profiles in science, Why Is It So? He was completely fascinated by physics, and deeply desired to understand it as best he could so that he could share the magic with people of all ages. Professor Miller’s was a shouting, leaping, arm-waving, whole-bodied approach to physics demonstrations. Imagine if Cosmo Kramer were a physics professor, or if that doesn’t give you an idea, just picture Doc Brown from Back to the Future (1985) with a thick New England accent and slightly darker eyebrows. His demonstrations are dramatic, delightful, and about as far away from boring old math as possible. In pictures, his stern face commands respect. Professor Julius Sumner Miller was energetic and enthusiastic about physics to the point of contagiousness. ![]() And while it’s true that the student must be willing to learn, having a good teacher helps immensely. The fun is in the hands-on learning, the lab work, the live action demonstrations of Mother Nature’s power and prowess.
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