This week’s free image is a bit of an experiment. In previous weeks, our free image has featured a puppy, a person, or an abstract image. This time around, it’s straight forward science, with three beakers containing … potions of mystery (oooooh!). The image would be a great addition to scholastic promotional materials, including continuing…
Read MoreHappy Birthday Doc Edgerton, High-Speed Photo Pioneer
From Wired.com, we learn that today would have been the 107th birthday of Doctor Harold Edgerton. You might not know “Doc” Edgerton’s name, but you’ve almost certainly seen his photographs. As an engineer and professor, he invented a very-high-speed camera called a Stroboscope that captured photographs that were at once beautiful and scientifically important. His…
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