Today marks the 194th birthday of Léon Foucault, the French physicist who used a pendulum to confirm the rotation of the Earth. Today’s Google Doodle pays tribute. The interactive doodle is based on ...

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AVON LAKE, Ohio – A catered event will help physics students in advanced classes at Avon Lake High School build a Foucault pendulum. The science project has been in the works for several years. The ...

The first Foucault’s pendulum I ever saw was at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, the city where I was born. The pendulum hung in a stairwell. Its wire was attached to the ceiling four stories ...