Galton's Balls

Cheeky title. These metallic balls are 1 mm in diameter and they are inside a device called Galton Board - it's a smart thing about probabilities. https://galtonboard.com/

[Diana]

Now that is something very interesting, great focus and dof. Will check the link when I have more time.

[JackieR]

Used to love playing with this when I was a teacher!! Balls had to be contained as a trip hazard!! Bet nowadays the children only have this. https://www.mathsisfun.com/data/quincunx.html

[moni kozi]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond Jackie, surprisingly enough, this belongs to my kiddie. He's one smart ass. I call him Brian, anagram of brain. :D

[Ingrid]

Fun thing!

[Susan Wakely]

I love these. Interesting link.

[Wendy]

Very cool.

[Kathy A]

I’ve never heard of a Galton Board, thanks for the link.Great shot of it.

[Mags]

How cool!

[Bucktree]

First time I have heard of a Galton Board. Statistic analysis is an interesting study. Thanks for the link.

[Corinne C]

Neat!

[Casablanca]

Brilliant!

[Chris Cook]

Ok. Now my brain hurts. I followed the link provided by @30pics4jackiesdiamond and found myself surrounded by bell curves, probabilities and formulas. Yikes! My Dad was a math teacher, my mom was not. Apparently I take after my mother.

[LManning (Laura)]

This is a very cool shot with excellent DOF. The idea of being able to find "the order embedded in the chaos" is most appealing at the current moment...

[KV]

The Galton Board is new to me but the bell curve, probabilities, and the bell curve are familiar… cool device.

[Mallory]

Love the focus here

[JackieR]

@cdcook48 sorry!! What I could never explain to the pupils was WHY it always worked out that way. Just shows that maths rules the univvers and language explains it!!

[bkb in the city]

Nice shot

[Sally Ings]

I'd never heard of a Galton board until now. I think one could spend hours playing with it

[Korcsog Károly]

It looks very interesting

[Christina]

I just googled it - looks like it would be fun to play with

[Corinne]

Looks like Tahitian pearls !

[Renee Salamon]

New one for me - nice shot

[Pyrrhula]

Thanks for the link. Now I understand the pic.

[Yao RL]

Don't get hit by it, can be hurt.

[moni kozi]

The black dot on each ball is the lens reflected in the ball. That's so cool. Thanks a lot, @ludwigsdiana @30pics4jackiesdiamond @ingrid01 @wakelys @farmreporter @kjarn @marlboromaam @dkellogg @corinnec @casablanca @cdcook48 @ljmanning @kvphoto @sunnygirl @bkbinthecity @salza @kork @christinav @cocobella @rensala @pyrrhula and @yaorenliu

[borof]

This bullet image is a great discussion starter.

[moni kozi]

@borof Thank you very much!