the Crookes Radiometer: How a Toy Pushed the Frontiers of Physics

Dr. Andrés Larraza
Naval Postgraduate School

Darwin 103
4:00 PM

Dr. Andr√©s Larraza of the Naval Postgraduate School will present the history of the radiometer as an example of how science develops, two ways to reverse the direction of its spin, and a radiometer that responds directly to acoustic radiation pressure.