Most Beautiful Experiment in Physics 141
An anonymous reader writes "Robert P. Crease has concluded his poll
asking what the most beautiful experiment in physics is. The winner was Young's double slit experiment performed using a single electron. Attentive readers will remember that Slashdot had a discussion of Crease's question previously, which Crease mentions in his current article." If you're unfamiliar with the experiment, Google pulls up a bunch of applets and demonstrations.
Re:Beautiful experiments? (Score:1, Insightful)
You call yourself "PhysicsGenius" but you can't find beauty in any experiment? Perhaps you should look for a new field of study.
Maybe you style yourself a theorist. You should remember that in physics, it all comes down to experimentation. Theories unsupported by experimental evidence are nothing more than mathematics (don't get me wrong, I love math).
I conceed the point that there are no experiments in art museums. You should note however, that art museums do not hold an exclusive patent on beauty.