[time-nuts] Danish Question

John Day johnday at wordsnimages.com
Wed Oct 31 15:38:19 EDT 2007


At 03:21 PM 10/31/2007, you wrote:
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>My apologies - I have been misinformed!
>
>Rob

But it's a good story anyway Rob!

John



>-----Original Message-----
>From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
>Behalf Of Poul-Henning Kamp
>Sent: 31 October 2007 19:10
>To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Danish Question
>
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>In message
><!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAOYAZyOzV8ERq+LmT45ypI7CgAAAEAAAAMh4axYd2AtA
>t4NbktzPwJcBAAAAAA==@timing-consultants.com>, "Rob Kimberley" writes:
>
> >The following concerns a question in a physics degree exam at the
>University
> >of Copenhagen:
> >
> >
> >"Describe how to determine the height of a skyscraper with a barometer."
> >
> >[urban legend]
> >
> >The student was Nils Bohr, the first Dane to win the Nobel prize for
> >Physics.
>
>No, it most certainly was not Niels Bohr, and I seriously doubt it
>was anybody, as this particular urban legend was already old when
>I studied physics...
>
>Poul-Henning
>
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