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Holiday Science Show to Dazzle Young, Old Alike
Attention calendar, community event editors. David Maiullo can be reached at 732-445-5500, ext. 3872 or maiullo@physics.rutgers.edu.
| WHAT: | Thirteenth annual Rutgers Faraday Christmas Children’s Lecture |
| WHEN: | Friday, Dec. 10; Saturday, Dec. 11; and Sunday, Dec. 12; 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. |
| WHERE: | Physics Lecture Hall, 120 Frelinghuysen Road, Busch Campus, Piscataway |
| BACKGROUND: |
The shows are based on the tradition of famous British physicist Michael Faraday, whose work in the early 1800s laid the foundation for the electric motor and electrical generation. His Children’s Christmas Lectures at London’s Royal Institution, which continue today, were designed to communicate to youngsters the excitement of scientific discovery during a season of joy and celebration.
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The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Rutgers University
will present its ever-popular, spectacular holiday show – the annual Faraday
Christmas Children’s Lecture. Designed to dazzle
and capture the imaginations of young and old alike, the demonstrations feature
such spectacles as real flowers frozen to the point where they shatter like
glass, exploding hydrogen balloons, a person lying on a bed of nails and a fire
extinguisher used to rocket a person across the room.
Rutgers’ version is produced by Mark Croft, a physics
professor in the School
of Arts and Sciences, and
physics support specialist Dave Maiullo. The demonstrations they will present
are routinely used in university physics courses not just to inform students
but also with an eye toward humor, exciting the imagination and emphasizing the
fun in science.
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