Throughout history, schoolchildren and scholars alike have relied on clever and easy ways to remember science ideas, such as the periodic table of the elements and the colors of the rainbow.
Throughout history, schoolchildren and scholars alike have relied on clever and easy ways to remember science ideas, such as the periodic table of the elements and the colors of the rainbow.
ENN's Jerry Kay spoke with Paul Doherty, Senior Scientist at San Francisco's Exploratorium Museum.
Doherty says that the classic ways to remember lists involve pnuemonics -- word aids to remember lists. "Roy G. Biv," the pnuemonic to remember the colors of the rainbow, is one of the most famous.
However, when Isaac Newton created it, he added a bit of a twist, which might explain why the colors you see in a rainbow don't quite match what you were taught.
Listen to this edition of EarthNews Radio to learn what that twist was:
You can learn about this and many other subjects at the Exploratorium Museum's website at www.exploratorium.org.
