Frederic William
Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, better known as Sir William Herschel, is best known for discovering Uranus; however, he went to England to further his career as a musician.
His son, John Frederick William Herschel was even more famous as a scientist.
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel was a great astronomer and mathematician. He was the first to demonstrate the parallax of a star; John Herschel said it was “the greatest and most glorious triumph which practical astronomy has ever witnessed.”
This article tries to show something good about Friedrich Wilhem Nietzsche’s philosophy.
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau made the classic horror film Nosferatu (really Dracula) in 1922.
Frederic William Goudy was a prolific early typeface designer.
Frederick William MacMonnies’ most famous sculpture is that of Nathan Hale.
Polage, Time
Some things I thought of that others thought of first and have done properly:
This lady does “paintings” in polarization of cellulose. (Yet another use for a laser etcher: draw the stuff in Adobe Illustrator and cut the cellulose with the etcher.)
I wrote a note on making a polarimeter out of blue sky and water, and also thought of a polarization clock to hang in a north/south-facing window. Here’s a combination of both ideas.
http://www.sjolander.com/viking/essays/sunstone/psundial.htm
Star Wars toys that never were
http://www.cincitoymuseum.com/conceptualmodel.html
Be sure to check out the rest of the museum, too.
A better solution than taping an upside-down milkjug to the back of the bike
http://mnt.is-a-geek.org/tron/
For more biking fun: http://dclxvi.org/chunk/operations/chunk/image/hires/joust150.jpg
But if you’re really serious, you’re gonna need one of these: http://www.dodge.com/tomahawk/flash.html
reperiendi 
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