A light year from a bar of chocolate

[dashism]

Here's an experiment. New Scientist started me off on this, and I've added my own fun.

Measure the speed of light. How, you ask? You need:

A bar of chocolate
A microwave
A tape measure
A calculator.

OK, here goes. Remove the spinny plate from the microwave and melt the bar of chocolate for 30 seconds. Remove the chocolate bar. There should be melted

Comments

[mrcorvin]

This hurts my head like math.

[dashism]

That's because physics is math-centric.