Julius sumner miller pbs series#
Julius sumner miller pbs tv#

I personally remember the Professor's TV programs quite clearly, as at that time I was attending High School at North Sydney Boys' School where I completed my studies in 1970. It is in the nature of the human creature to THINK, and what the human mind prospers on is something to think about. enjoy what I call THE INTELLECTUAL GYMNASTIC. 'The reception accorded our first adventure with Book One was warming to my spirit and gives clear evidence that people of all ages. Says Professor Julius Sumner Miller, on the back cover of the second book of Millergrams:

This insight is taken from the 'What This Book is All About' section of the Professor's little book of 'Millergams' - a rather large list of little questions (such as the ones above) concerning the way nature works. Instead it provides just a little insight into the philosophy of this great and enchanting man who did so much for the Australian public in the later years of his life. This short account provides - for the present time - none of the answers to these very simple questions. To my way of thinking - he was a gifted man who could find, within the most mundane of everday occurrences something - some questions - which others had failed to ask. Of course I have prepared my own answer to this last question about the surf, but I have no doubt in my own mind that the lively Professor Julius Sumner Miller assisted me in the process of getting there. 'WHAT would happen if there were no friction in the world?' 'WHICH weighs more - a pint of wet sand or a pint of dry sand?' Massive handwaving, an eloquent American drawl, flashing raised eyebrows (were they singed on Bunsen Burners?) and content matter drawn from the kitchen, the backyard and from nature ensured that his audience would watch as a regularly captivated student as the lively professor asked such questions as: 'Why is it So' you might ask? The reason was quite simple: Professor Julius Sumner Miller was simply intriguing - one would never know what simply household every-day experiment he would dream up next. a very huge audience would switch their TV sets on at the appointed hour to watch these lectures !!!

Julius sumner miller pbs series#

You might ask who would watch - out of the Australian public at that time - a series of lectures on Physics on the television? The answer would be surprising. In the very late 1960's Australia had the pleasure of hosting, live from the Physics Laboritories of Sydney University, a series of television programs which featured one Professor Julius Sumner Miller, a professor of Physics from El Camino Colledge, California. Professor Julius Sumner Miller asks 'Why Is It So?' Web Publication by Mountain Man Graphics, Australia in the Southern Autumn of 1996 Professor Julius Sumner Miller - 'Why Is It So?'