He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it. Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" There is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men. Herman Melville, "Moby Dick"
Monday, January 30, 2006
Pantheón
This is where many famous French people are buried, mostly intellectuals like Voltaire, Rousseau, Marat, Victor Hugo, Émile Zola, Jean Moulin, Marie Curie, Louis Braille. Looking at all their crypts gets kind of boring, but it is interesting place to visit. One really cool thing about the building is that it houses an experimental device built by Léon Foucault to demonstrate the earth's rotation and it still works!
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Must. Insert. Physics geek. Comment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foucault_pendulum
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