I think that it has become a tee shirt in Australia. His almost constant comment,"Why is it so?" flowed throughout his demonstrations. He's "Bill Nye, the Science Guy" or "Watch Mr.Wizard" with a bit if an attitude. It is worthwhile to search Google or YouTube for some of his videos. I am going to see if I can get an interlibrary loan or something like that. If his prose is as exciting as his presentations it should be a great read. His snappy pace, gritty voice, constant sense of wonderment and really, really showbiz physical science so well suited to the medium of television inspired me to think just great things about Nature and how the world of science could help us all understand it all. I do remember seeing Professor Julius Sumner Miller on american television on the Steve Allen show in the early 1960s. At this time (July 2013) there appears to be copies available from Australia for 128 dollars US, a bit steep for my taste. If you can find this book, get it, read it, keep it and read it again. Schools have abandoned integrity and rigor." How true, and even more so today. We don't have academic honesty or intellectual rigor. He was ahead of his time with this quote, "Boys and girls are emerging from every level of school with certificates and degrees, but they can't read, write or calculate. He took a short look at the equation which filled an entire blackboard, made a few grunts, and "Hmmms", and calmly wrote in the answer faster than anyone expected. Professor Julius Sumner Miller demonstrates his 'electromagnetic gun' by producing an electromagnet by attaching a coil of wire to a battery. I was privileged enough to see him address the School of Physics here at Queensland University where they would set a challenge for him on each of his visits, usually a very complex mathematical equation describing some law of physics - but there was no answer. Julius Sumner Miller is the author of The Days of My Life (4.83 avg rating, 6 ratings, 3 reviews, published 1989), Millergrams (4.75 avg rating, 4 rating. He came here many times, most likely because of his great friendship with Australian physicist Prof. We also shared a love of Australia, my home country. I identify with many of his characteristics his unending curiosity, his obsession with finding out why things worked as they did, his obsession with reading, his love of correct grammar, his hatred of human wastefulness and his love of horseradish of all things. Later, he was to use his own money to improve the library's range of books. He was born with an insatiable curiosity, and read his home-town library dry. This is, as the name suggests, his autobiography, completed in part by his wife Alice after his death in 1987. With his simple experiments, he made us think for ourselves, and his comic relief assistant always made the show entertaining. During his lifetime, he single-handedly promoted physics (and learning) to the general public more than any other person. This man was a hugely underrated physicist, most likely because of his TV celebrity status through his show, "Why Is It So?".
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