Video Added: December 28, 2006
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How does a fielder know where to plant himself to catch a fly ball? It's all about physics.
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Fielding | The Physics of Baseball | 02:30 | December 28, 2006 | 12320 |
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A lot of forces are at play on the humble baseball -- not just the pitcher's arm or the hitter's bat.
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Flight of the Ball | The Physics of Baseball | 02:30 | December 28, 2006 | 9601 |
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The best players make it look easy. But hitting is one of the hardest feats in modern sports.
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Hitting | The Physics of Baseball | 03:00 | December 28, 2006 | 7725 |
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Ever wonder why pitchers go through those strange contortions to throw the ball?
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Pitching | The Physics of Baseball | 02:55 | December 28, 2006 | 14903 |
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One of Stephen Hawking's most famous adversaries shares the story of how their relationship began.
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Adversaries | The Hawking Paradox | 03:00 | April 07, 2008 | 40821 |
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Stephen Hawking becomes convinced that black holes hold the key to the origins of the universe.
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Black Holes | The Hawking Paradox | 02:04 | April 07, 2008 | 62366 |
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Scientists have determined that our sun is a middle-aged star that will die in 5 billion years.
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Age of the Sun | Time | 01:59 | April 18, 2008 | 28434 |
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Scientists work to determine how drugs affect the way a person perceives time.
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Altered Perceptions | Time | 02:22 | April 18, 2008 | 10581 |
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Does our perception of time change with age? We do an experiment to find out.
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Counting Minutes | Time | 01:41 | April 18, 2008 | 15480 |
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Physicist Michio Kaku goes to the races to see the Doppler Effect in action and explain its relation to time.
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Doppler Effect | Time | 02:01 | April 18, 2008 | 18137 |
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Mammals have different ways of moving through time. Meet Cyril, one mouse that moves through time very quickly.
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Life Span | Time | 01:46 | April 18, 2008 | 10855 |
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In some ways we're prisoners of time -- unable to escape it or freeze it. Look deeper into the definition of time.
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Prisoners of Time | Time | 01:43 | April 18, 2008 | 12901 |
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Einstein's discovery of Special Relativity in 1905 changed our definition of time radically.
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Special Relativity | Time | 02:14 | April 18, 2008 | 17485 |
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Physicist Michio Kaku hits the open road to illustrate the vastness of time.
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Vastness of Time | Time | 02:04 | April 18, 2008 | 17337 |
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Scientists believe they've discovered the key to the galaxy in the black hole.
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Key to the Galaxy | Supermassive Black Holes | 02:25 | April 07, 2008 | 26574 |
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Scientists begin to take a closer look at the black hole.
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The Black Hole | Supermassive Black Holes | 02:04 | April 07, 2008 | 16499 |
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