Mesmerizing Swinging Pendulums

Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations presents a demonstration of simple harmonic and periodic motion, fifteen swinging pendulums of differing lengths create beautiful waves, beats, and other patterns. Here’s the science: The period of one complete cycle of the dance is 60 seconds. The length of the longest pendulum has been adjusted so that it executes … Continue reading Mesmerizing Swinging Pendulums