by Len Fisher | 9 May 2017 | Mini Stories from Science
Long-time readers of these annals may recall that, when I first used the physics of biscuit dunking as a way to show how scientists think about problems. I received the following letter from a 12-year-old schoolboy: The boy’s name was Chao Quan. I wrote back to... 
by Len Fisher | 25 Mar 2015 | Mini Stories from Science
On November 26th, 1998, I was named by the London Times newspaper as “an enemy of the people” for using physics to work out the optimum way to dunk a biscuit. It was my first venture in using food as a vehicle to help communicate how science works. To date it has also... 
by Len Fisher | 23 Mar 2015 | Mini Stories from Science
In the last post I suggested that the use of blue light to stimulate erections was a sure-fire candidate for an IgNobel Prize. But what is an IgNobel Prize? How does one go about winning one? And should one want to win one? When they were initiated in 1991 as a parody... by Len Fisher | 15 Sep 2014 | IgNobel Prize
Watch me biscuit dunking on ITV Weekend! 
by Len Fisher | 5 May 2010 | Think Like a Scientist: Media and Writing
Cambridge University Scientific Society A decade ago I initiated what has become a rather regrettable trend when I demonstrated that a simple physical equation could be used to understand and optimize the process of biscuit dunking. The media were enraptured by the...