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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Lesson on "moment"



Once, our physics lecturer told us that very few students chose physics as their option because of the misconception that "physics" was nothing but some dry and boring stuff, not knowing that physics was actually very interesting.

"Concept of physics is applied everywhere; even in the aesthetic field." he said.

It happened we were on the topic of "moment" that day. After explaining to us the principle of moment, he tried to give an illustration on "moment" in flower arrangement.

"The length of the stalk, the sizes and quantities of the flowers chosen, even the angle of inclination in arrangement are in accordance with principle of moment. Just check the clockwise and anticlockwise moment of any flower arrangement, you can see there's balance and stability from the point of principle of moment. 

"In equilibrium, not lopsidedthus perfect aesthetically. Any question? " He asked.

A student stood up with a clever question:

"Considering a lady who has a big mole above her left lip, should we add another big mole above her right lip so as to satisfy this principle of moment? In equilibrium, not lopsidedthus perfect aesthetically as you have just said? "

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