Re: Sic transit

[brian whatcott <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>]

At 09:38 10/20/00 -0700, you wrote:
> I just opened my new Physics Teacher (remember, I live in Canada). I
> am outraged by an ad I see in there which should have been rejected
> by the editor. It names what is clearly a Wilberforce pendulum as a
> "Jochen's Spring pendulum". I don't know who Jochen is (and if this
> is an error on my part I eagerly wish to be corrected), but this is
> a gross posthumous usurpation of intellectual property if I am right.
>
> Leigh
>
> (I could be wrong - I just learned this morning that Leni Riefenstahl
> is alive and well at age 98.)


I cast around for details - but without much success.
If the reference is to Jochen Bestgen's Physics demos using
Mathematica,
<http://www.j-bestgen.de/>
            I am unable to work up much animus on Wilberforce's
behalf. On the other hand, I'm surprised I didn't find more
biography in print on the Wilberforce in question - not Soapy Sam
I don't suppose?
brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>  Altus OK
                Eureka!