Science--right before your eyes!

Every week, we have a meeting here at work. We sit in the conference room, windowed on three sides--which, I think you'll agree, is perfect for distraction. I carefully sit with my back to the windows looking out on the street, and angle my chair east toward the windows looking over the parking lot to the wooded swampland beyond. The third wall looks directly into the lobby.

Hanging in the lobby are three large globe lights suspended at different heights. Here's where the science comes in. I sit in meetings and watch the longest of the lights gently swinging. It's not even a subtle movement--swirl, swirl, swirl.

I love that we have our very own pendulum to demonstrate the rotation of the earth! Foucault would be so proud.

Sadly, most people don't notice this marvel of science so cleverly designed into our building. Even if I point it out or say something about it, I get mostly, "Huh..." or blank looks or "Foucault's pendulum? Didn't Poe write that?" I despair.

Nevertheless, I may be the only person geeking out to this, but I love it. No one ever looks up, but if they did, they'd see science happening.