Springs Inventor Presents the Power of a Second to Montauk Students

The Science Fair at the Montauk School went on despite the snow storm rolling into town and a two-hour delay at schools.

Springs resident Richard M. Kostura, known as Michael Galileo, entertained at the fair to show students and staff alike that choices “add up like snowflakes” to create the conditions of the world around us, he said. The fair was for fifth through eighth grades.

He brought different versions of his invention, "Real Time Earth Clocks," which are time telling devices that are said to reflect the true occurrence of time around the world and ping pong ball sculptures that illustrate time as a spatial entity, he demonstrated that the size of each second is approximately 18.5 miles long based on the movement of the earth orbiting the sun.

The timing couldn't have been more perfect as Day Light Savings Time took place just two days later.

"He also showed the audience with simple mathematics, how the choices that are made in each second accumulate to become the world that we experience individually and collectively," a statement explained. "The theme of Mr. Kostura’s work as Michael Galileo is to illustrate the continuous dynamic that constructs our world and to educate children and adults alike to the power and responsibility of their individual choices in creating a life of higher quality."

Kostura offers the presentation to schools and organizations at no charge.

For more information, visit the website at www.galileorealtime.com.