Gratings.
Resolving Power.
Single-Slit Diffraction.
Angular Resolution.
Human Eye.
Telescopes.
Saturday, 31 August 2013
Friday, 30 August 2013
Secondary Flow
Edward S. Tyler, MIT
National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films
Film notes
Other videos from this series
National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films
Film notes
Other videos from this series
MAKE presents: The Diode
It's the simplest semiconductor device made. It ushered in the age of radio, the electronic valve that rectifies and regulates - the diode!
Thursday, 29 August 2013
Jabulani Football Physics - Sixty Symbols
We discuss the Jabulani (official World Cup football) which has caused so much debate - and a few of our scientists take it for some field testing!
Out scientists field test the official World Cup football with an impromptu penalty shoot-out.
Out scientists field test the official World Cup football with an impromptu penalty shoot-out.
Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Pulling a Cloth From Under a Beaker
A beaker is placed on top of a cloth, on top of a stool. The cloth is pulled quickly from underneath the beaker, while the beaker remains stationary. The impulse of the net force is made very small by reducing the time over which the cloth acts on the beaker. In other words, the force of the cloth does not act on the beaker long enough to accelerate it, so it does not move.
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