We may have had Pouillet’s law instead of Ohm’s law. When Georg Ohm first published his formula, he had actually gotten it wrong because he used an unreliable power source. Although he quickly published the correct formula, he and his formula were met with ridicule. It was only after Pouillet independently came to the same conclusion six years later did they take the formula seriously, naming it “Ohm’s Law” (likely to the dismay of the latter). Read full article here
Education
Overcoming Bias
Kai Cheng’s professor had a brilliant scheme. In his first lecture, he promised that each lecture would feature a “Lie of the Day”. But why? It made his students more attentive and analytical, poring over every detail of his lecture and making sense of why things were true. It was such a powerful teaching method that his students digested his most technical lectures quite easily because they tried so hard to catch his lie. The kicker? There was no lie in that first lecture; he had lied about that too! Read full article here
Merv
August 17, 2022
