The Hans Christian Oersted Song (Get Out ' the Way for Old Man Oersted)

Title

The Hans Christian Oersted Song (Get Out ' the Way for Old Man Oersted)

Author

Marian McKenzie and Walter Smith

Category

Electricity Magnetism Optics

SubCategory

people and events

Topics

Hans Christian Oersted

Tune

Old Dan Tucker (Traditional)

Level

Intro (Algebra)

Style

folk

Equations

n

Historic

y

Download

1

Keywords

The Hans Christian Oersted Song (Get Out ' the Way for Old Man Oersted), socks of bright red worsted, bitchy

Comments

A very funny song about the discoverer of the connection between electricity and magnetism. To the best of our knowledge, however, Oersted did not really wear red socks!

Priority

1

Citation

“The Hans Christian Oersted Song (Get Out ' the Way for Old Man Oersted),” Physics Songs Database, accessed May 1, 2024, https://ds-omeka.haverford.edu/physics-songs/items/show/911.