Word: mahadevan
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Dates: during 2005-2005
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...simple explanation for the “Cheerio Effect,” as such clumping or clinging has been named by scientists, was published by Mahadevan and Vella in the Sept. 15 issue of the American Journal of Physics as part of a pedagogical review done as Vella’s summer project...
...Dominic wanted to work on something that he could talk about at parties, so we worked on this, and others,” said Mahadevan...
...This information was already there in the primary literature, in textbooks, but they do not say it correctly or simply,” said Mahadevan. “They say it’s just surface tension, that there’s no weight or gravity involved, which is incorrect...
...most students, however, Mahadevan and Vella have clarified an everyday encounter in simple, understandable science terms...
...quote Samuel Johnson, ‘familiarity doesn’t mean understanding,’” said Mahadevan. “So that’s the beginning and the end: if you see something everyday it doesn’t mean you understand it. We start with the curiosity of a child—many times we failed, once in a while I succeed. Our contribution was merely to wrap our arms around and focus on the simplest aspects of the problem...