Re: Impact of Spheroidicity

[paul o johnson <pojhome@FLASH.NET>]

Leigh Palmer wrote:

> meaning, I think, that the mouth of the river is farther from Earth's
> center than is some point far upstream. One could also say that the
> river's flow is impelled by centrifugal force. Such statements are ones
> we physicists can all understand and enjoy, but until a student develops
> the ability to see as we do, such a statement looms larger in importance
> than it should. The student may even reject physics as being -
> unphysical!

But Leigh, it's an attention grabber, dontcha see. Tom has bushels of them. He
would never throw it out and leave his students to grapple with it. But he uses
it as a springboard to the subjects of this thread. Highly effective.

poj