>Bill Ramsay writes:
>
>>I recollect reading somewhere that some guy
>>had spent time researching the "butter side down" phenomenon and had
>>concluded that the Universe was just built that way. Included stuff about
>>heights of tables and rotational inertia etc., and presumably the
>>gravitational constant.
>
>You bet. The reference in question is:
>
>Pyke M. _Butter Side Up! or The Delights of Science_ London: Pan Books 1978.
>
>Devi jankowicz
>
Thanks for the reference, Devi. I remember Pyke well from my youth and even
read some of his stuff in adolescence. He had a small career as a BBC guru
for a while (pre-"Tomorrow's World") and once was a guest speaker at Glasgow
University's Alchemist Club.
He was a lot less heavy in those days, I think, but guru-ing began to get t
o him.
My recollection is of more recent origin than Pyke, though, so it was maybe
just a silly season bit in the Press.
Cheers,
Bill.
Bill Ramsay,
Dept. of Educational Studies,
University of Strathclyde,
Jordanhill Campus,
GLASGOW,
G13 1PP,
Scotland.
'phone: +44 (0)141 950 3364
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e-mail: w.ramsay@strath.ac.uk
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