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Tech Support - Penn Jillette Answers Magic Questions From Twitter

Magician Penn Jillette uses the power of Twitter to answer common questions about magic. Do magicians ever reveal their secrets? Do Penn and Teller ever mess up an illusion? Is magic actually real? Penn answers all these questions and more! Penn & Teller’s MasterClass can be found at MasterClass.com/pt. Users can access this course and more than 60 MasterClass courses by subscribing to the All-Access Pass for $180 per year.




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Why It's Almost Impossible to Kick a 90-Yard Field Goal

The world record for a N.F.L. game field goal is 64 yards. But place kickers have sent the ball far further in practice. Is a 90 yard kick possible? To find out, WIRED's Robbie Gonzalez explores the physics of long kicks and gets a lesson from pro kicker Harrison Butker.




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Scientist Explains What Water Pooling in Kilauea's Volcanic Crater Means

Don Swanson, a scientist with the United States Geological Survey, explains why researchers are so interested in a pool of water that's formed in the crater of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano.




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WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Novak Djokovic Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions

Novak Djokovic takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the internet's most searched questions about himself. Is Novak Djokovic the best ever? What does Novak eat for breakfast? When did he start playing tennis? What color are his eyes? Novak answers all these questions, and more!




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Hurricane Hunter Explains How They Track and Predict Hurricanes

NOAA meteorologist researcher Jason Dunion talks with WIRED reporter Matt Simon about what it's like to fly a plane into a hurricane, and how scientists track and predict storms.




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Technique Critique - Disease Expert Breaks Down Pandemic Scenes From Film & TV

Brian Amman, ecologist for the Centers for Disease Control, takes a look at disastrous pandemics from a variety of television shows and movies and breaks down how accurate their depictions really are.




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Tech Support - Astronaut Nicole Stott Answers Space Questions From Twitter

Astronaut Nicole Stott, director of the Space for Art Foundation, uses the power of Twitter to answer common questions about space. Is there an age limit for space travel? What do you do if you get sick in space? How often does the ISS get additional supplies? What happens when a ship blows up in space? Nicole answers all these space questions and more!




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How FIDO helps working dogs communicate with their owners

Melody Jackson, director of Georgia Tech’s Animal-Computer Interaction Lab and director of the Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with Occupations project (FIDO), explains how the tech works.




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Physicist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty

Theoretical physicist Sean Carroll, PhD, is challenged to explain the concept of dimensions to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert.




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Why It's Almost Impossible to Do a Quintuple Cork in Tricking

Tricking is a sport with roots in martial arts and elements of tumbling and breakdancing mixed in. The quadruple cork is tricking's ultimate feat: an off-axis backflip combined with four rotations in the air on a separate axis. WIRED's Robbie Gonzalez spoke with some of the best trickers in the world to find out how they do it, what makes it so hard, and whether anyone will ever manage to pull off a quint.




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Laser Expert Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty

Donna Strickland, PhD, professor at the University of Waterloo, is challenged to explain lasers to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert.




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Surface tension and related thermodynamic quantities of aqueous electrolyte solutions / Norihiro Matubayasi

Matubayasi, Norihiro




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Meteorites, ice, and Antarctica / William A. Cassidy

Cassidy, W. A. (William A.)




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Newton and empiricism / edited by Zvi Biener and Eric Schliesser




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University physics : with modern physics, volume 2 / Young, Freedman, Ford

Young, Hugh D., 1930-




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Measurement and simulation of radiofrequency emissions from telecommunications transmitters / Phillip John Knipe

Knipe, Phillip John, author




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Conceptual physics fundamentals / Paul G. Hewitt

Hewitt, Paul G, author




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Isaac Newton's scientific method : turning data into evidence about gravity and cosmology / William L. Harper

Harper, William L. (William Leonard), 1943-




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Flow, deformation and fracture : lectures on fluid mechanics and the mechanics of deformable solids for mathematicians and physicists / Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt, ForMemRS, Emeritus G.I. Taylor Professor of Fluid Mechanics, University of Cambridge, Em

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The materials physics companion / Anthony C. Fischer-Cripps

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Solar selective characteristics and local electronic bonding states of 3d transition metal oxide and metal nitride based thin film coatings / Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman

Rahman, Mohammad Mahbubur, author




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Out from the shadows [videorecording] / produced by Rosemarie Reed Productions, Ltd. ; producer/director, Rosemarie Reed ; writers, Rosemarie Reed, Michael Wachholz




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Introduction to plasma physics and controlled fusion / Francis F. Chen

Chen, Francis F., 1929- author




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Computational physics : simulation of classical and quantum systems / Philipp O.J. Scherer

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The embedding method for electronic structure / John E Inglesfield

Inglesfield, J. E. (John E.), 1945-




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Problems and solutions in quantum physics / Zbigniew Ficek

Ficek, Zbigniew, author




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QBism : the future of quantum physics / Hans Christian von Baeyer ; illustrations by Lili von Baeyer

Von Baeyer, Hans Christian, author




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Quantum physics : beginner's guide to the most amazing physics theories / Jared Hendricks

Hendricks, Jared, author




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Quantum physics for beginners / Zbigniew Ficek

Ficek, Zbigniew, author




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Concepts in quantum field theory : a practitioner's toolkit / by Victor Ilisie

Ilisie, Victor, author




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Superconductivity : properties, applications and new developments / Paulette Grant, editor




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Atoms and photons and quanta, oh my! : ask the physicist about atomic, molecular, and quantum physics / F. Todd Baker

Baker, F. Todd, 1942- author




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Liquid crystals through experiments / Mojca Čepič

Čepič, Mojca, author




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Magnetic excitations and geometric confinement : theory and simulations / Gary Matthew Wysin

Wysin, Gary Matthew, author




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Nuclear and particle physics / Claude Amsler

Amsler, C., 1947- author




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A practical introduction to beam physics and particle accelerators / Santiago Bernal

Bernal, Santiago




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Quantum mechanics / Alastair I. M. Rae, Jim Napolitano

Rae, Alastair I. M., author




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Quantum mechanics / Mohammad Saleem

Saleem, Mohammad, author




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Quantum statistical mechanics : equilibrium and non-equilbrium theory from first principles / Phil Attard

Attard, Phil, author




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Relativity, symmetry, and the structure of quantum theory 1 : Galilean quantum theory / William H. Klink, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, USA, Sujeev Wickramasekara, Department of Physics, Grinnell College, USA

Klink, William H., author




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The search and discovery of the Higgs boson : a brief introduction to particle physics / Luis Roberto FLores Castillo

Flores Castillo, Luis Roberto, author




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A short course on relativistic heavy ion collisions / A.K. Chaudhuri (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata, India and Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India)

Chaudhuri, A. K., author




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Ultrafast spectroscopy : quantum information and wavepackets / Joel Yuen-Zhou, Jacob J. Krich, Ivan Kassal, Allan S. Johnson, Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Yuen-Zhou, Joel, author




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Lectures in nonlinear mechanics and chaos theory / Albert W. Stetz (Oregon State University, USA)

Stetz, Albert W., 1940- author




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Thermodynamics kept simple : a molecular approach : what is the driving force in the world of molecules? / Roland Kjellander

Kjellander, Roland, author




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Knowledge at the crossroads? : physics and history in the changing world of schools and universities / Lyn Yates, Peter Woelert, Victoria Millar, Kate O'Connor

Yates, Lyn, 1949- author




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Finite-temperature field theory : principles and applications / Joseph I. Kapusta (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota), Charles Gale (Department of Physics, McGill University)

Kapusta, Joseph I., author




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Spravochnik po teplofizicheskim svoĭstvam gazov i zhidkosteĭ. English

Vargaftik, N. B., author




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An introduction to nuclear physics / by N. Feather, F.R.S. (Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh)

Feather, Norman, author




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Sears and Zemansky's university physics : with modern physics / Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman, University of California, Santa Barbara ; contributing author, A. Lewis Ford, Texas A&M University

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