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Floating_Symmetry is
simply a large flat mirror where one can learn about symmetry in surprisingly
humourous ways. |
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Duck
Into Kaleidoscope, one of the Exploratorium's popular exhibits
puts you in the middle of the action. A narcissisist's dream come
true. |
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A
series of lenses transmit your face 20 feet from your head at Image
Relay. |
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Sand
on bowed metal plates (properly called"
Chaldni Plates") jiggles to nodal positions as the plate vibrates. |
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You
can build a free-standing catenary
arch out of blocks at this exhibit. |
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Red,
green, and blue lamps cast complimentary cyan, magenta, and yellow
shadows at Colored Shadows.
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Sound
activates hundreds of small lamps on the
Enchanted Tree. |
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The
Ames Room. This room actually has no square corners. They only
look that way when viewed from this point. This creates bizzare perspective
size distortions. |
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The Momentum Machine gives
you a visceral understanding of the meaning of conservation of angular
momentum. |
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At
the Bernoulli Ball the forces
of air pressure keep the ball afloat and centered in the stream of
air. |
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Even
though the structure of the Chaotic
Pendulum seems simple, its motion becomes chaotic and unpredictable
when turned at the right speeds. |