Consider the following

Consider the following

FAQ:
Me: Paul, 49 from USA
Education: United States Navy, University of California at San Diego B.S. E.E., University of Pittsburgh M.S. E.E.
Experience: United States Navy STS, Bayer Intnl Process Engineer, C.C.A.C AP of EE
Current: Retired
Health: BAD (Congestive Heart Failure)
Hobbies: Electronics, flying, amateur radio, music (classic rock)

[peerappel]

I got this question the other way around at school once. I needed to calculate the resistance of the cube from one corner to the opposite corner. :-)

[michaelpadovani]

He was before my time...but I do remember watching videos on PBS and YT from him, always saying "consider the following"

[Travis]

I enjoyed the series "Connections" with James Burke.

[mikeoliver]

Great tribute to a great man. I have watched all of his videos over and over again. I think I'm going to have to try building that cube because I can't quite wrap my head around it.

[Venomator.]

Not heard of your great Professor, but did enjoy your ‘Consider the following’ and the build challenge Paul... 👍🏻 🧐 🐍

[ironnam]

I really liked watching him, and many other science and art shows on PBS in the 70's and 80's. I would love to dive into the math right now but got to go to work.

[robertcalkjr.]

Also Paul, today I ordered the 9104R deluxe kit for my Brymen 869s, and 8026SK master kit for my BK Precision 114A VOM! I can't wait till they get here! Thanks for introducing me to Probe Master! Now I can use my VOM more in my articles since I have some nice leads for it.

[GadgetReboot]

I always liked how there were no retakes, at least in the very old black and white shows. It was like a live broadcast and if there was a mistake he would just carry-on and try to get it right.
Once, he was trying to charge some plastic by rubbing fur on it in one of the very old shows and it wasn’t working so he just grabbed a different piece of fur until it worked, and he would say things like science plays tricks on you sometimes boys and girls.

[karllaun]

Somehow I missed out on these when they originally appeared. Catching up now. My daughter says he reminds her of Gargamel {Smurfs)

[ianbertenshaw]

I always remember his saying - Why is it so ? Watch ! We had another show called the curiosity show that was fantastic, these days what have we got on tv to teach kids ? Answer - nothing !

[bblod]

Think I saw those PBS shows but that was long ago. I do remember the mic though.
I'll dwell on the math problem.
Great video.

[pileofstuff]

I, too, am old enough to remember The Professor.

[ricks]

Never heard of him, I was expecting Mr Wizard! Interesting

[robertcalkjr.]

Thanks Paul. The answer is that you have 2 bridges that are in parallel to each other.

[icenesiswayons]

I haven't seen this in ages, don't know if I remember it at all and always was had to explain without type of flowchart or schematic. So you have 12 resistors, 8 junctions of 3 nodes each. The answer is of course 5/6 but it's getting there. If there are 12 resistors you need 6 nodes to short and divide that by 2. You now have 2 sets of 3 nodes. 1st set is called 1 with each node opposing one another, 1+1+1 or 1/3 2nd set is called 2 with these nodes opposing one another and also opposing the first set of 3 nodes, same value as first set, 1+1+1 or 1/3. the remaining two nodes leaves a value of 1/6. 1/3+1/3+1/6=5/6 I think. This was according to kirchoffs rule if I remember right. I can draw it better than explaining it.

[georgechambers]

Never heard of him. In the 70's I was busy earning a living and raising a family and almost never watched TV. Are there any of his shows on YouTube or some other archive?

[aneeshprasobhan]

We can solve by using the mirror reduction principle and a delta to start conversion

[alhashmy]

Can u pls show us how to solve them theoritically ?

[gartmorn]

Maths isn't my forte but I look forward to seeing the solution.