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September 11, 2000

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

Dr. Andrés Larraza
Naval Postgraduate School

Darwin 103
4:00 PM

Dr. Andrés 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.