We notice the movement of automobiles and beings in the street, but we do not notice that the earth turns. We believe that automobiles go at a great … - Alexander Calder

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We notice the movement of automobiles and beings in the street, but we do not notice that the earth turns. We believe that automobiles go at a great speed on a fixed ground; yet the speed of the earth's rotation at the equator is 40,000 km every 24 hours.

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About Alexander Calder

(August 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known as the originator of the mobile, a type of Kinetic art made with delicately balanced or suspended components which move in response to motor power or air currents.

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Pen Names: Calder, Sandy, 1898-1976
Alternative Names: Sandy Calder Calder

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