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- the ground-breaking TV series with the enigmatic - ran on the ABC from 1963 to 1986. Professor Miller's infectious enthusiasm for physics delighted, educated and entertained generations of Australians, most of whom have at some point asked each other 'Why is it so?' in the characteristic Julius Sumner Miller voice.



has found some of the funniest, most entertaining segments from the series, and made them available for twenty first century enjoyment - over both dialup or broadband connections. Now you too can watch some 'enchanting experiments' with the good professor!



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- How many objects does it take to change an image? In this snippet of sneaky science Dr Julius even manages to deceive himself with his very beautiful production of internal repeated reflections.





- Ready for some more remarkable but risky experiments? Well get in close and watch as Sumner Miller disassembles and reassembles his capacitor and then even electrocutes himself! Does his mother know he’s here?



- Helping us to think more about the remarkable forces of nature, the good Professor, does some experiments with silk, fur and glass. Along the way he reminds us that "electrostatic phenomena are very, very tricky"





- In this episode of Why is it so? Professor Julius again manages to gives us something wonderful to discover. With just a wire, a battery and a rod "made out of the right kind of stuff" we learn how to make an electro magnet.





- Ever wondered how to get the lights to work in a black out? In this episode of Why is it so? the good professor shows us how to produce electricity in that worst kind of emergency, where it's too dark to read your poetry homework.



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