DR. JULIUS SUMNER MILLER HOW TO
With just a wire, a battery and a rod "made out of the right kind of stuff" we learn how to make an electro magnet.Įver wondered how to get the lights to work in a black out? In this episode of Why is it so? the good professor shows us how to produce electricity in that worst kind of emergency, where it's too dark to read your poetry homework. In this episode of Why is it so? Professor Julius again manages to gives us something wonderful to discover. Along the way he reminds us that "electrostatic phenomena are very, very tricky" Helping us to think more about the remarkable forces of nature, the good professor, does some experiments with silk, fur and glass. Ready for some more remarkable but risky experiments? Well get in close and watch as Sumner Miller disassembles and reassembles his capacitor and then even electrocutes himself! Does his mother know he's here? How many objects does it take to change an image? In this snippet of sneaky science Dr Julius even manages to deceive himself with his very beautiful production of internal repeated reflections. Now you too can watch some 'enchanting experiments' with the good professor! Professor Miller's infectious enthusiasm for physics delighted, educated and entertained generations of Australians, most of whom have at some point asked each other 'Why is it so?' in the characteristic Julius Sumner Miller voice.įew could doubt the enthusiasm of the man, as he darted around the studio from experiment to experiment, telling his guests and the audience at home about how wondrous and unique each experiment was.īy throwing himself so animatedly into his work, and by making a point of trying not to answer questions, he provoked scientific thought in the general community in a way that hadn't been done before.īelow are five of the funniest, most entertaining segments from the Why is it so? series.
DR. JULIUS SUMNER MILLER SERIES
Why is it so? - the ground-breaking TV series with the enigmatic Professor Julius Sumner Miller - ran on the ABC from 1963 to 1986.
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