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Now blogging at diego's weblog. See you over there! the pendulum and the eclipseFascinating article in this week's Economist on an apparent gravitational anomaly (first observed on a pendulum during a Solar eclipse): “ASSUME nothing” is a good motto in science. Even the humble pendulum may spring a surprise on you. In 1954 Maurice Allais, a French economist who would go on to win, in 1988, the Nobel prize in his subject, decided to observe and record the movements of a pendulum over a period of 30 days. Coincidentally, one of his observations took place during a solar eclipse. When the moon passed in front of the sun, the pendulum unexpectedly started moving a bit faster than it should have done.True or not true, it's still interesting. :) And here's a recent paper on the topic). Categories: science Posted by diego on August 20 2004 at 3:47 PM Copyright © Diego Doval 2002-2011.
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