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Commentary
Nature 397, 469 (11 February 1999) | doi:10.1038/17203
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Physics takes the biscuit
Len Fisher1
- Len Fisher is in the Physics Department, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TL, UK.
e-mail: Email: Len.Fisher@bristol.ac.uk
Abstract
Why did a light-hearted experiment attract so much attention from the media? The episode is an interesting lesson for those wanting to explain science to the wider public — equations do not always scare people away.
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