Kevin Wampler schrieb:

>>> #19 - Rob Strickland - Chain Reaction
>>> http://oz.irtc.org/ftp/pub/stills/1997-06-30/chainrea.jpg
>>>
>>> May-June 1997 IRTC winner (theme: Physics & Math)
>>>
>>> I believe he had to hack motion blur into Povray just for this image.
>>
>> Nice one! The idea dates back at least to 1986 though: After the 
>> Chernobyl disaster, the famous German children/science TV show 
>> "Sendung mit der Maus" ("The programme with the mouse") aired a full 
>> episode dedicated to nucelar power, with the 
>> mouse-trap-and-ping-pong-balls chain reaction demonstration being the 
>> highlight of the show.
> 
> I did not know that bit of history.  That's rather interesting.

As I said, I can't say for sure whether they actually thought up that 
demonstration, or got the idea from someone else. All I can say is that 
they aired it shortly after the Chernobyl disaster (essentially to 
explain to children what their parents were presently so worried about, 
and why they wouldn't let them play outside), so that obviously must 
have been in 1986.

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