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Re: Natural Philosophy

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From: nos
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 05:32
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A friend I went to Uni now does this sort of thing full time at the
Investigator Science centre in Adelaide. Hands on science - they even have a
huge Tesla coil. He goes on TV just like the curiosity show. Now that's
something I grew up with ...lol

nos


"Gregory Toomey" <gtoomey@usa.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Don H" <donlhumphries@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:oAL17.24100$e5.68968@newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> > I remember that years ago, Prof.Harry Messel and his team of scientists
> used
> > to conduct the "Summer School of Science" which was televised by Channel
> 9.
> > It was as part of this popularising of science that the topic of
"General
> > Science" was discussed - the attempt to integrate the various sciences
> into
> > one.
>
> Messel's cohort Julius Sumner Miller is making a comeback long after his
> death.
> "Why is it So" now makes a regular appearance on Foxtel's TV1. Maybe there
> are more closet physicists than people realise.
> http://www.magna.com.au/~prfbrown/wyisitso.html
>
> "All science is either physics or stamp collecting" - Rutherford.
>
> gtoomey
>
>
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