The “Hyakunin Odoshi”: How a Hundred-Person Static Shock Became the Ultimate Science Show of Japan’s Edo Period
I’m Kuwako Ken, your Science Trainer. Every day is an experiment. Crack! Have you ever touched a doorknob in winter and involuntarily cried out? Static electricity is all around us, but what would happen if dozens of people held hands and experienced this small crack all at once? This was, in fact, a spectacular science […]
