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The Doppler Effect
As any object moves through the air, the air near the object is disturbed. The disturbances are transmitted through the…
Get the Point?
The discus and javelin first appeared in ancient game competitions in 708 B.C. Javelin events included both target…
Sonic Boom
They sound like thunder, but they're not. They're sonic booms, concentrated blasts of sound waves created as vehicles…
The Coriolis Effect
The Earth, rotating at about 1000 miles per hour (1,609 km/hr), influences the flow of air and water on its surface. We…
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Atmospheric
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Fundamentals
- Bizarre Boiling
- Galileo Thermometers
- Get the Point?
- How Fast is Mach 1?
- How Lasers Work
- Kinetic Theory of Gases
- Many Happy Returns!
- Newton's First Law of Motion
- Newton's Three Laws of Motion
- The Fourth State of Matter
- The Physics of Sandcastles
- The Weakest Force
- Tick-Tock Atomic Clock
- Torque
- What Is An Atom?
- What Is Radiofrequency Energy (Rf)?
- X-Rays - Another Form of Light