A brilliant demonstration of Newtonian physics.

[xiphias]

I encourage all of you physics teachers to use this in your classroom.

Um, the video. Maybe not re-creating the experiment. Which was to roll a bowling ball out of a car window onto a ramp.

(In the comments, the people who did this do explain that they DID understand the physics involved -- they just figured that the guy driving would keep going, and the friction from the ramp and air resistance would cause the ball to drop behind, and next to, the car. Unfortunately, the guy took his foot off the gas, so the car decelerated every bit as much as the ball, and the ramp spun slightly when the ball hit it, imparting some lateral motion. Apparently, this video was sitting on the guy's hard drive for five years, but he finally decided to put it up on YouTube so that the whole world could share.)

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[dianavilliers.livejournal.com]

"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not."
--Lawrence Peter Berra

[stickylatex.livejournal.com]

I LOVE that quote!