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does anybody know what ex-bell labs physicist jan hendrik shon is up to these days?
Originally posted by Entropia
does anybody know what ex-bell labs physicist jan hendrik shon is up to these days?
Probably lurking somewhere. No doubt he will reappear claiming the scientific establishment attempted to shut him up for being too smart or something.Originally posted by Entropia
does anybody know what ex-bell labs physicist jan hendrik shon is up to these days?
Jan Hendrik Shon was a Dutch physicist and astronomer who lived during the 17th century.
Jan Hendrik Shon is most well-known for his work on the laws of motion, which laid the foundation for Isaac Newton's laws of motion. He also made significant contributions to the fields of optics and astronomy.
Jan Hendrik Shon passed away at the age of 49 due to complications from tuberculosis.
Jan Hendrik Shon was born and lived in Leiden, Netherlands for most of his life. He also spent some time in France, where he studied under renowned mathematician and philosopher René Descartes.
Jan Hendrik Shon's most famous experiment is known as the "shooting star" or "falling body" experiment, in which he dropped objects of different weights from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa to demonstrate that they fell at the same rate due to gravity.