Saturday Morning Physics Lecture

Chaos: Snowfall, Dirty Dishes, and the Paths of the Planets

A. Alan Middleton

Saturday, December 13th, 2003

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The demonstration with the fountain and the speaker, which shows how chaotic jets can be controlled with sound, was inspired by a lecture given by C.V. Boys in the 1890's. See Soap Bubbles and the Forces which Mould Them (or ... their colors and the forces which mold them in recent editions) by C.V. Boys.