For the past several years, I have performed soap bubble demonstrations for math and science teachers. I do perform for other groups as well. Since I make soap bubble frames for hands on science museums, it seems a natural thing to do. As a stage actor for a few decades, I hope I am entertaining also.

Soap bubbles are just plain fun. But they also have much to teach about math and science. A soap film has tension. That is why the the string forms a round hole because the film is pulling it in all directions. That also means a soap film will find its minimum surface. It will take the most efficient shape that it can. As with many things today, there is already a lot of information on the web, so I won't go into a lot of detail here. But I do have directions for making a tetrahedron on this website. You can make one and dunk it yourself.

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My favorite reference books are:
Soap Bubbles, Their Colors and the Forces that mold them by C.V. Boys
The Science of Soap Films and Soap Bubbles by Cyril Isenberg

My favorite recipe:
For every gallon of water (distilled is best), 6 tablespoons of dishwashing liquid, regular Dawn or Joy work well.
Glycerine makes the bubbles last longer. Evaporation is what kills "em. I get a 16 oz. bottle of vegetable glycerine at the health food store for a reasonable cost. One should be enough.

email: Mike@m2solids.com

These photos show some of the wonderful things soap film can do. There are additional pictures of bubbles and frames HERE

Surface Tension	Inflating the center of a Tetrahedron	Man at Work
Inflating the center of a Hexahedron	Dodecahedron	Helicoid
The Hyperbolic Paraboloid Joined to a Tetrahedron	Catenoid? Only when I don't change the litter	Bubble in a Bubble
Hexahedron aka Cube	Who Called Me a Bubblehead?	Everybody Loves Bubbles

BUBBLE MONEY

Not content with the mere technical aspect of soap bubbles, I created BUBBLE MONEY, where Bubbles, the economics clown explains that, If you can lose your money when the bubble goes burst, just make bubbles money. It is a zany play performed at the Historic Players Playhouse in Detroit with several of my friends a few years ago. Check out the VIDEO on Vimeo.