• Question: Whats your favourite piece of scientific equipment?

    Asked by simpsonanwyl to Ben, Clare, Ezzy, Mario, Sam on 14 Mar 2012. This question was also asked by alishajanethompson.
    • Photo: Mario Campanelli

      Mario Campanelli answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      believe it or not, there is a full book about the equations governing something as apparently simple as a pendulum!

    • Photo: Clare Burrage

      Clare Burrage answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      I like Gravity Probe B, even though it has a very boring name. It was an experiment to test Einstein’s theory of relativity, and to do this they have to make the smoothest spheres ever made. If you scaled them up to the size of the Earth the bumps on the surface would stil be only a few meters high. i think that’s amazing!

    • Photo: Elizabeth Pearson

      Elizabeth Pearson answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      I like telescopes. The one I use, Herschel, is pretty cool but there will always be a soft spot in my life for the Hubble Space Telescope.

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