In 1927 Professor Parnell heated a sample of pitch and poured it into a glass funnel with a sealed stem. 72 years later, the eighth drop is only just about to fall.
This site provides a free physics textbook that tells the story of how it became possible, after 2500 years of exploration, to answer such questions. The book is written for the curious: it is entertaining, surprising and challenging on every page.
The NOVA mini-series The Elegant Universe, watch all three one hour episodes here, divided into chapters, available in the QuickTime or RealPlayer plug-ins.
astrophysicist John Dubinski's self-published DVD containing his stunning supercomputer simulations of galactic evolution set to Bach music. "... Gravitas points clearly at ties between the ideas of Isaac Newton and the music of Bach. To do this with sounds and images that appeal to club kids and new music fans equally is a major achievement." - John Terauds, Toronto Star, March, 9 2006