David WilleyDavid Willey"OMNIA SUNT INSTRUMENTA"
David was born and raised in England and while there received a Bachelor's degree in Applied Physics from Aston University and a Certificate in Education from Birmingham University. Before coming to America he taught at Saltley Grammar School, U.K. In 1972 he came to Columbus and obtained a Master's degree in Physics from the Ohio State University.
Aston University.
Frequently David takes parts of his show "How Does A Thing Like That
Work?" to beautiful downtown Burbank to have some fun with Jay Leno.
to teaching he has also developed Physics apparatus, written computer
software, contributed to several Physics texts and co-produced a video on the Physics of
Firewalking. David took the data for the World's Hottest
Firewalk which was held in Redmond, Washington on October 18, 1997. He
was also part of World Record
Longest Firewalk which was held at UPJ on July 2, 1998. A few pictures and
some thoughts about the longest walk can be found here.
David developed a Physics demonstration program called "How Does A Thing Like That
Work?". David and his wife, Raven have presented this show at American
Association of Physics Teachers , Pennsylvania Science Teachers Association and
National Science Teachers Association conferences, at the American Museum
of Natural History and to over 25,000 students in Pennsylvania.