Shake a metal plate covered in sand at certain frequencies and intricate patterns mysteriously appear. Jon Jacobsen, a mathematician at Harvey Mudd College, explains why this 200-year-old ...
Chladni figures are patterns that appear on surfaces when they are made to vibrate at certain resonances. It sounds dry, but throw in some sand and just the right frequencies and it becomes an amazing ...
(CBS News) For our final lesson on a day focused on all things (kind of, sort of) educational, we have the latest from a man who has managed to make us ponder a few times in the past if there might be ...