![]() ![]() What is the Earth made of? Why is the sky blue? Why is the sunset red? How does a bird soar? Why does a brook gurgle? How does an earthworm crawl? Why is a dewdrop round? Why does corn pop? Why does a wood fire crackle? And a thousand like questions. Writing on his own early childhood and its influence on his philosophy Sumner Miller explains:Īll of a half-century ago – when I was a little boy on the farm in my native New England – I remember asking all kinds of questions. Or, more simply in my own phrase, 'Why is it so?’ To stir your imagination, awaken your interest, arouse your curiosity, enliven your spirit – all with the purpose of bringing you to ask, as young Maxwell put it, 'What’s the go of it?’ – or, as Kepler had it, 'Why things are as they are and not otherwise’. In the preface to his book, Millergrams (1966), a collection of questions and answers originally published in The Australian newspaper, Sumner Miller expresses his core aspiration for his audience: His infectious enthusiasm, animated delivery, wild expressive eyebrows and eccentric turn of phrase meant that science could be fun and entertaining as well as educational. For over two decades, from 1963 to 1986, Sumner Miller and his silent laboratory assistant ‘Mr Anderson’ entertained a surprisingly large ABC television audience in a series of lectures and demonstrations dedicated to questions of physical science. In 2019 he was awarded the UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularisation of Science, of which previous recipients include Margaret Mead, David Attenborough, Bertrand Russell and David Suzuki.Why It Is So, which was recorded live from the Physics Department of the University of Sydney, featured the iconic Professor Julius Sumner Miller, a professor of Physics from El Camino College, California. ![]() Since 1995, Dr Karl has been the Julius Sumner Miller Fellow at the University of Sydney. ![]() He has worked as a physicist, labourer, roadie for bands, car mechanic, filmmaker, biomedical engineer, taxi driver, television weatherman, and medical doctor at the Children’s Hospital in Sydney. The author of 47 books (and counting), Dr Karl is a lifetime student with degrees in physics and mathematics, biomedical engineering and medicine and surgery. Julius Sumner Miller Fellow, University of Sydneyĭr Karl Kruszelnicki AM just loves science to pieces, and has been spreading the word in print, on TV and radio, and online via social media for more than thirty years. How can Alexander Pope help us with Conspiracy Theories? And what’s the link between TikTok and Tibetan Philosophy (apart from the letter T)? How long was the longest ever continuous plane flight without air-to-air refuelling? How do the viruses that make up 8% of our DNA make it possible for women to carry a pregnancy?Īnd of course, (accurate) Messages of Good Hope, plus Q&A. Did Dr Karl (medical doctor with radio shows) really meet Dr Karl (medical doctor with radio show) on Neighbours Episode 4550? What happens to Farts if you don’t let them out, and are they really worse in the shower? Does the Paleo Diet work, OR is it crazy, or does it work AND is it crazy? Did the Nazis actually win World War II, and does this explain the lack of female scientists in Antarctica?
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