It's kind of unsettling that you've gotten less than 100 votes, after a considerably long time of running. Why do people shy away from Science so?
Also, I posted this in the comments on the voting page, but I'm reposting here 'cause I just want to know what you guys think about it, and I'm assuming that it went unnoticed on that page. (I'm sorry to repost it if it was intentionally ignored)
I guess I turned up here too late, but speaking of measurments of the speed of light, was Fizzeau's experiment in contention for this best experiment thing?
Honestly, I'm pleasantly surprised that I've gotten as many votes as I have. Those 85 comments are a slow day for Making Light, but that's a huge number for a physics post. And there's an awful lot of material there if you were to read the full text of all the descriptions.
I'd like to get to 100 comments, but I'm happy with what I've got.
As for Fizzeau's experiment, it didn't get nominated. There were a lot of good experiments that didn't come up-- Davisson-Germer and Stern-Gerlach are two personal favorites that didn't make the list, either.
It's kind of unsettling that you've gotten less than 100 votes, after a considerably long time of running. Why do people shy away from Science so?
Also, I posted this in the comments on the voting page, but I'm reposting here 'cause I just want to know what you guys think about it, and I'm assuming that it went unnoticed on that page. (I'm sorry to repost it if it was intentionally ignored)
Honestly, I'm pleasantly surprised that I've gotten as many votes as I have. Those 85 comments are a slow day for Making Light, but that's a huge number for a physics post. And there's an awful lot of material there if you were to read the full text of all the descriptions.
I'd like to get to 100 comments, but I'm happy with what I've got.
As for Fizzeau's experiment, it didn't get nominated. There were a lot of good experiments that didn't come up-- Davisson-Germer and Stern-Gerlach are two personal favorites that didn't make the list, either.