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Episode 397
Published 2 years, 4 months ago
Description
It's a phun physics phepisode! Dr. Bryan Gillis is here to teach us about some of the interesting physics of air travel. Why is breaking the speed of sound so difficult? What's a sonic boom? How do flights make up time in the air? And probably some way more interesting stuff as well!
Veritasium video on turbulent flow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zI9sG3pjVU
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