Science of Guinness

[E_SolSi]

more than you ever wanted to know

Guinness Science - Sixty Symbols - YouTube

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fucking physicists

 

[invisibledemon]

 

[SlushboxTeggy]

Very interesting.

But as a scientifically inclined friend of mine always says, "All we really know about science is that objects fall at 9.8m/sec. Combined that with the knowledge that you never attack Russia in the winter, and you'll be going places."

 

[hondarin]

9.8 m/(s^2)

 

[reikoshea]

And even then, most people think that the distance objects cover is 9.8 meters every second.

In actuality, a sky diver in the freefall position moves towards the ground at a speed of about 54 m/s, but he accelerated to that velocity at a rate of 9.8 m/s^2


*the more you know*

 

[reckedracing]

sometimes i wish i had done HS later in life, that sort of stuff would actually interest me now
physics was great at the time, for the experiments, not for what you learned

 

[phunky.buddha]

And even then, most people think that the distance objects cover is 9.8 meters every second.

Really?! I roll with a skewed crew of friends then...

 

[reikoshea]

Remind me what you do for a living again......

I think your friends might all actually be rocket scientists.....

 

[phunky.buddha]

Remind me what you do for a living again......

I think your friends might all actually be rocket scientists.....

Nah, but they all do understand physics.

 

[SlushboxTeggy]

The same guy from my above post would actually make a really great teacher. He can explain concepts in physics so well that the majority of a room full of drunks and stoners understand it.

 

[B16]

And even then, most people think that the distance objects cover is 9.8 meters every second.

In actuality, a sky diver in the freefall position moves towards the ground at a speed of about 54 m/s, but he accelerated to that velocity at a rate of 9.8 m/s^2


*the more you know*

And you stop accelerating because of the force pushing back on you from the atmosphere.

 

[SlushboxTeggy]

And you stop accelerating because of the force pushing back on you from the atmosphere.

Terminal velocity. For the normal freefall position, it's about 122 mph for a human. But you can go faster by going into a nose dive. Felix Baumgartner frigging went 834 mph.

 

[B16]

Terminal velocity. For the normal freefall position, it's about 122 mph for a human. But you can go faster by going into a nose dive. Felix Baumgartner frigging went 834 mph.

Where he was going 834mph the atmosphere was a lot less dense. He slowed down as he entered into the troposphere.

 

[SlushboxTeggy]

Where he was going 834mph the atmosphere was a lot less dense. He slowed down as he entered into the troposphere.

True. I actually never even watched it. But it's not uncommon for skydivers to hit nearly 300 mph in a nose dive.