The Rings of Saturn – Sixty Symbols

How a quiz question led to a rabbit hole involving James Clerk Maxwell and the rings of Saturn. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓

Professor Ed Copeland is a physics professor at the University of Nottingham.

On the stability of the motion of Saturn’s rings: https://archive.org/details/onstabilityofmot00maxw

This project features scientists from The University of Nottingham
http://bit.ly/NottsPhysics

Sixty Symbols videos by Brady Haran
http://www.bradyharanblog.com

Brady’s chemistry channel is Periodic Videos – https://www.youtube.com/periodicvideos

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