Magnetic River
I stumbled across this yesterday as a result of an email from a friend who shall remain nameless (i.e. Anton). I remember seeing Prof. Eric Laithwaite on the television quite a few times when I was a kid. What I found so interesting about watching this so many years later is that it’s still so watchable and compelling. No frills, no gimmicks, just very clear explanation and demonstrations, reinforced by an aura of authoritativeness that makes you want to listen to him. If only more modern science communication were as direct as this. I suppose part of the appeal is that he speaks with an immediately identifiable no-nonsense accent, from the part of the Midlands known as Lancashire….
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April 15, 2014 at 5:27 pm
What a fabulous first line too.
April 15, 2014 at 7:25 pm
This is a good blog; stay with it.
April 18, 2014 at 1:51 pm
He was a superb explainer and highly innovative, although he came unstuck when challenging Newtonian orthodoxy on the gyroscope late in his life.
April 19, 2014 at 6:27 pm
Perhaps it was his work on magnetic levitation that made him go off the rails. Geddit?