https://crystal.castle.cc/tag/physics/ Recent content in Physics on adventures of an omnomnomnivore in NYC Hugo en-US Sat, 07 Aug 2010 08:20:24 -0400 https://crystal.castle.cc/2010/08/07/bern-clocks-relativity-bears-oh-my/ Sat, 07 Aug 2010 08:20:24 -0400 https://crystal.castle.cc/2010/08/07/bern-clocks-relativity-bears-oh-my/ <p><a href="https://crystal.castle.cc/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/img_4151.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" title="IMG_4151" src="https://crystal.castle.cc/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/img_4151.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" align="left" /></a><a href="https://crystal.castle.cc/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/img_4097.jpg"><img decoding="async" title="IMG_4097" src="https://crystal.castle.cc/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/img_4097.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" align="left" /></a><br /> <a href="https://crystal.castle.cc/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/img_4172.jpg"><img decoding="async" title="IMG_4172" src="https://crystal.castle.cc/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/img_4172.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" align="left" /></a><a href="https://crystal.castle.cc/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/img_4100.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" title="IMG_4100" src="https://crystal.castle.cc/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/img_4100.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" align="left" /></a></p> <p><em>Clockwise: the Aare River meanders through Bern; the flag of the Bern canton features a bear; chess players pondering in the park; the intricate astronomical dial of Bern&#8217;s largest clocktower displays the day of the week, day of the month, sunrise, sunset and zodiac signs</em></p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bern">Bern</a> is a city of about 350,000 people, and as the capital of Switzerland, is both the physical and legislative center of the nation. A train transfer is required here to get from Zurich to Interlaken, so we stopped and spent the day wandering Bern&#8217;s historic district, which happens to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site.</p>