Inauguration of the “Bro. Martin Pendulum” Landmark
Inauguration of the “Bro. Martin Pendulum” Landmark
Published date
2020-11-11
Resource type
Publisher
ISBN
ISSN
DOI
Call no.
Other identifier(s)
Edition
Copyrighted date
Language
File type
image/jpeg
Extent
40 photos
Other title(s)
Authors
Advisor
Other Contributor(s)
Assumption University. Vincent Mary School of Engineering
Citation
Degree name
Degree level
Degree discipline
Degree department
Degree grantor
Abstract
Table of contents
Description
The AU physic and scientific monumental symbol of “Pendulum” installed on the 1st floor of the Vincent Mary School of Engineering, Suvarnabhumi Campus, was officially inaugurated on November 11, 2020.Unveiling the hanging round ball-like “Pendulum”, Rev. Bro. Dr. Bancha Saenghiran, President-Rector Magnificus, stressed about its scientific and astronomical significance, human’s curious learning and observation; testifying of the Antithesis of the Geocentric Model or theory of a French Physicist, Jean-Bernard-Leon Foucault, who mounted a large pendulum using an iron ball under the central dome of the Pantheon in Paris to prove that the earth is not the center of the universe and that the Earth spins or revolves on its axis eastward or counterclockwise.