July 9, 2013 David Latchman 1Comment

Season 01, Episode 06: “The Middle-Earth Paradigm” Sheldon Cooper dresses as the Doppler Effect on the Season 1, Episode 6 “The Middle-Earth Paradigm” of the Big Bang Theory Yes. It’s the apparent change in the frequency of a wave caused by relative motion between the source of the wave and the observer. -Sheldon Cooper In the “Middle-Earth Paradigm” episode, Sheldon Cooper dresses as the “Doppler Effect” for Penny’s Halloween party. The Doppler Effect (or Doppler Shift) describes the change in pitch or frequency that results as a source of sound moves relative to an observer; moving…

June 24, 2013 David Latchman 3Comment

Season 01, Episode 02: “The Big Bran Hypothesis” Sheldon and Leonard contemplate using the stairs as an inclined plane to move Penny’s furniture to her apartment. In Season 1 Episode 2 of The Big Bang Theory, “The Big Bran Hypothesis”, Penny (Kaley Cuoco) asks Leonard (Johnny Galecki) to sign for a furniture delivery if she isn’t home. Unfortunately for Leonard and Sheldon, they are left with the task of getting a huge (and heavy) box up to Penny’s apartment. To solve this problem, Leonard suggest using the stairs as an inclined plane, one of the six…

June 8, 2013 David Latchman

Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 5: “The Euclid Alternative”In the opening scene of the “The Euclid Alternative”, we see Sheldon (Jim Parsons) demanding that Leonard (Johnny Galecki)needs to drive him around to run various errands. Leonard, after spending a night in the lab using the new Free Electron Laser to perform X-ray diffraction experiments. In the background, we can see equations that describe a rolling ball problem on the whiteboard in the background. Scene with Sheldon Cooper. The background shows a whiteboard with the physics equations of a rolling ball. Rolling motion plays an important…