Swinging pendulum
Updated On: 27 July, 2009 10:18 AM IST | | Balaji Narasimhan
When an eclipse occurs, astrologers and rationalists have a field day, with the former predicting scenarios of doom, which the latter vociferously debunk
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When an eclipse occurs, astrologers and rationalists have a field day, with the former predicting scenarios of doom, which the latter vociferously debunk. Thanks to the confusion they create, few tend to concentrate on the Allais Effect, which is associated with Maurice Allais, who won a Nobel Prize in Economics.
As part of his 1988 Nobel autobiographical lecture, Allais said, "During the total eclipses of the sun on June 30, 1954, and October 22, 1959, quite analogous deviations of the plane of oscillation of the paraconical pendulum were observed..." According to Wikipedia, the Allais effect is a claimed anomalous precession of the plane of oscillation of a pendulum during a solar eclipse.
As part of his 1988 Nobel autobiographical lecture, Allais said, "During the total eclipses of the sun on June 30, 1954, and October 22, 1959, quite analogous deviations of the plane of oscillation of the paraconical pendulum were observed..." According to Wikipedia, the Allais effect is a claimed anomalous precession of the plane of oscillation of a pendulum during a solar eclipse.
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