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If You Throw a Ball on High

posted on 9:47 AM, July 8, 2010
If you throw a ball on high, central forces bring it nigh
If it starts out upward bound, further east will it be found
Cor . . . iolis, in acceleration
Cor . . . iolis, in acceleration

Using Lorentz’s transforms now; yes, I see dee tee dee tau
Relativity is fun, it’s easy for everyone
Lor . . . entz, in transformation
Lor . . . entz, in transformation

Radioactivity is a thing you cannot see
Geiger-Mueller counters show where the little photons go
Law . . . rencium, in accelerators
Law . . . rencium, in accelerators

If you send your twin away, he will have a slower day
If you watch each other’s clocks, then you have a paradox
Ein . . . stein, in time dilation
Ein . . . stein, in time dilation

Superconductivity: there’s no resistivity
But it stops at ninety K; we hope there’ll be more some day
Bed . . . norz and Mueller, showed it could go higher
Bed . . . norz and Mueller, showed it could go higher
— tune: “Angels We Have Heard on High” — adapted from The Official Oberlin College Physics Songbook