It commemorates Hans Christian Ãrsted, who discovered the relationship between electricity and magenetism. Re-enact Ãrsted's experiment here.
But what about that other Hans Christian, Hans Christian Andersen? Here's what the Guardian had to say: "while there's nothing wrong with fairy stories, they haven't contributed much to the development of electric motors."
Ouch! :)
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"while there's nothing wrong with fairy stories, they haven't contributed much to the development of electric motors."
I SO want to stick 'discuss' on the end of that and use it as an essay question. XD
Actually I want to write an essay answer to that... I'm definately tempted.
Do it! :)
I wrote it! http://madlabrat.blogspot.com/2009/09/importance-of-fairy-stories.html
It's not so much an essay as a brief discussion, but it definately has essay-style potential. And it was fun :D