Prof. Dr Martin Holthaus
Institute of Physics

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Why can an aeroplane fly? Silly question: because it has wings. But why can something with wings fly? In our search for the answer to this question, we’ll be helped by a few experiments that we’ll carry out using paper, table tennis balls and, above all, a lot of blowing. For the secret of flight is closely linked to a law of nature that governs the behaviour of fast-moving air. Once we’ve understood this law by the end of the lecture, we’ll also know what a large aeroplane and a small perfume atomiser have in common! Presenter: Dr Christiane Brokmann-Nooren, Centre for Advanced Scientific Training (ZWW)
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm
Audimax, Lecture Centre