Re: Galileo's Finger

["Daniel L. MacIsaac" <danmac@physics.purdue.edu>]

> > Yes  -  it was removed by a surgeon after his death.  You can take a look at
> > it via the JPL Galileo web site if you're not up for a trip to Italy!
> > George Spagna           *************************************************

Ha ha ha; way too cool!!  Who says physics is boring?  Looks kind of like
a macabre swizzle stick in a wineglass.  DEFINITELY a resource for teaching
kinematics with panache.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/finger.html
main page is:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/index.html

Thanks for making my day,

Dan M

Dan MacIsaac, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Northern AZ Univ
Visiting Asst Prof, Purdue Univ;  Adjunct Faculty, Indiana Univ at Kokomo
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