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When increasing size is not feasible, Rueckner sometimes spices the experiments up in other ways. For the shattering wine glass demonstration of resonance, the motion is slowed down with a stoboscope. The team can also use video cameras. In either case, says Rueckner, grinning, "It's really impressive how much glass can flex...
Though they are fun, Rueckner explains that lecture demonstrations "really help the education process...
...Harvard is unique in its emphasis and appreciation of lecture demonstration," adds Rueckner. And he lights up and smiles when he notes that, over his tenure in the Harvard demonstrations arena, the program has "really evolved into a much larger and more complex organization...
...experiments they have been able to provide, the more demand for them has grown, he says. The reason for this is that the professors Reuckner deals with are astutely aware of what demonstrations he is doing for other classes. "They don't want to be outdone by anyone," says Rueckner...
...addition to the competitiveness, "there is an appreciation by the faculty to have fun with these things," adds Rueckner...