[kstrauser]

In a demonstration, not an experiment, it’s sufficient to have the Geiger counter go clicky at different rates while the demonstrator plays the sphere like a theremin.

The point was to show it to people, not to collect data.

[eichin]

> plays the sphere like a theremin

Wow, that's a brilliantly horrifying image. (Are there other analogous ones? Does anyone do musical timing of building demolitions, or something like that?)

[Terr_]

I have the vague feeling like the last 40 years of movies must have contained at least one scene where a villainous figure makes conductor-motions as things explode to music, but I can't recall anything specific.

There was the V For Vendetta movie where landmarks exploded to the 1812 Overture, but no gesturing was involved.

[Terr_]

P.S.: I was wrong, the ending scene didn't have that because [spoiler omitted], but there's a much earlier scene [0] that fits the bill.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCaT6tU7V8Q

[account42]

It's not just V For Vendetta, 1812 Overture is supposed to include explosions (artillery/cannon fire) in its composition.

[kstrauser]

The forgettable “Virtuosity” had Russell Crowe doing something like that, but it was awful.