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<p begin="0:00:01.600" dur="0:00:02.433">Today we will discuss</p>
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<p begin="0:00:04.033" dur="0:00:08.000">what we call<br />"uniform circular motion."</p>
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<p begin="0:00:34.866" dur="0:00:05.267">And later in time<br />when the object is here</p>
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<p begin="0:00:40.133" dur="0:00:05.733">the velocity has changed,<br />but the speed has not changed.</p>
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<p begin="0:00:45.866" dur="0:00:05.067">We introduce T,<br />what we call the period--</p>
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<p begin="0:01:15.700" dur="0:00:06.166">and so frequency is<br />one divided by T.</p>
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<p begin="0:01:21.866" dur="0:00:07.167">We also introduce<br />angular velocity, omega</p>
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<p begin="0:01:55.666" dur="0:00:05.334">that omega equals two pi<br />divided by T.</p>
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<p begin="0:02:01.000" dur="0:00:03.400">This is something that<br />I would like you to remember.</p>
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<p begin="0:02:04.400" dur="0:00:06.566">Omega equals two pi<br />divided by T--</p>
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<p begin="0:02:31.900" dur="0:00:03.300">And this is also something<br />that I want you to remember.</p>
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<p begin="0:02:35.200" dur="0:00:04.633">These two things<br />you really want to remember.</p>
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<p begin="0:02:39.833" dur="0:00:05.333">The speed is not changing, but<br />the velocity vector is changing.</p>
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<p begin="0:06:50.533" dur="0:00:04.600">So there must be a pull<br />or a push.</p>
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<p begin="0:07:53.133" dur="0:00:04.800">So you feel a push in your back.</p>
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<p begin="0:20:45.933" dur="0:00:02.067">But I have no choice,<br />so I will do it here.</p>
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<p begin="0:20:48.000" dur="0:00:02.600">So there we go.</p>
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<p begin="0:20:54.633" dur="0:00:02.933">You see?<br />This is the way you dry...</p>
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<p begin="0:21:06.033" dur="0:00:03.200">So you end up with...</p>
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<p begin="0:21:09.233" dur="0:00:06.967">you end up with dry<br />and clean and nice lettuce.</p>
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<p begin="0:21:18.500" dur="0:00:05.066">and this is clearly an early<br />version of a centrifuge.</p>
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<p begin="0:21:23.566" dur="0:00:03.800">Now, my grandmother's method,<br />very tragically</p>
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<p begin="0:21:33.433" dur="0:00:02.800">We have it here.</p>
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<p begin="0:21:36.233" dur="0:00:03.200">Um, it is very boring.</p>
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<p begin="0:21:41.200" dur="0:00:01.700">Put the salad in here</p>
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<p begin="0:21:42.900" dur="0:00:04.600">and all you do is<br />you rotate and it dries.</p>
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<p begin="0:21:47.500" dur="0:00:01.400">It's a centrifuge.</p>
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<p begin="0:21:51.233" dur="0:00:04.300">of the much more sophisticated<br />invention of my grandmother.</p>
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<p begin="0:21:55.533" dur="0:00:05.067">And it's nowhere<br />nearly as exciting.</p>
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<p begin="0:22:04.600" dur="0:00:02.800">but that's the way it goes.</p>
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<p begin="0:22:07.400" dur="0:00:03.833">I'm now going to make<br />a connection</p>
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<p begin="0:22:28.633" dur="0:00:04.800">The way that<br />you perceive gravity.</p>
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<p begin="0:22:33.433" dur="0:00:02.533">I'm going to put you<br />in various positions</p>
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<p begin="0:22:35.966" dur="0:00:03.700">and then ask you what is<br />the direction of gravity.</p>
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<p begin="0:22:39.666" dur="0:00:03.500">I'm going to create<br />artificial gravity for you.</p>
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<p begin="0:22:43.166" dur="0:00:02.767">And let's first do it<br />as follows.</p>
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<p begin="0:22:45.933" dur="0:00:03.200">I first hang you on a string.</p>
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<p begin="0:22:56.600" dur="0:00:03.800">And I ask you, do you feel<br />a push or a pull?</p>
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<p begin="0:23:05.166" dur="0:00:05.067">And you feel a pull<br />in this direction.</p>
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<p begin="0:23:10.233" dur="0:00:01.133">So now I ask you</p>
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<p begin="0:23:18.166" dur="0:00:01.967">and you think I'm crazy.</p>
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<p begin="0:23:36.633" dur="0:00:03.733">and I say to you,<br />"Do you feel a push or a pull?"</p>
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<p begin="0:23:54.833" dur="0:00:03.033">Gravity is in this direction."</p>
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<p begin="0:24:14.600" dur="0:00:03.466">Now I'm going to swing you<br />around on a string</p>
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<p begin="0:24:40.300" dur="0:00:03.500">And I say, "Do you feel<br />a push or a pull?"</p>
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<p begin="0:25:32.733" dur="0:00:02.933">in the direction<br />which is opposing the pull</p>
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445
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<p begin="0:25:35.666" dur="0:00:04.734">and the faster I rotate you,<br />the stronger will be the pull</p>
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446
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<p begin="0:25:40.400" dur="0:00:06.166">and therefore the stronger<br />will be your perceived gravity.</p>
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447
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+
<p begin="0:25:46.566" dur="0:00:05.134">A carpenter would use<br />a plumb line</p>
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448
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<p begin="0:25:51.700" dur="0:00:04.066">and the carpenter would just<br />hold the plumb line like this.</p>
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449
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<p begin="0:25:55.766" dur="0:00:03.434">The pull is in this direction<br />and so the carpenter says</p>
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450
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<p begin="0:25:59.200" dur="0:00:02.966">"Okay, perceived gravity is<br />in that direction."</p>
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451
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+
<p begin="0:26:02.166" dur="0:00:02.234">The carpenter happens to be<br />right in this case.</p>
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452
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<p begin="0:26:04.400" dur="0:00:03.433">Gravity<i>is</i>in this direction,<br />but it's the same idea.</p>
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453
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<p begin="0:26:07.833" dur="0:00:04.267">The plumb line is being used to<br />find the direction of gravity.</p>
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454
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+
<p begin="0:26:12.100" dur="0:00:04.733">Think of this<br />as being a plumb line to find...</p>
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455
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+
<p begin="0:26:16.833" dur="0:00:05.933">used to find the direction<br />of gravity.</p>
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456
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+
<p begin="0:26:22.766" dur="0:00:03.234">Now you're in outer space.</p>
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457
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+
<p begin="0:26:26.000" dur="0:00:02.766">You're going to play<br />Captain Kirk</p>
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458
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+
<p begin="0:26:28.766" dur="0:00:05.634">and you're in a space station<br />and there is no gravity.</p>
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459
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+
<p begin="0:26:34.400" dur="0:00:02.833">So we're going to make<br />some gravity for you.</p>
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460
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+
<p begin="0:26:37.233" dur="0:00:03.200">We're going to create<br />some artificial gravity.</p>
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461
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+
<p begin="0:26:40.433" dur="0:00:04.000">So let this be<br />your space station;</p>
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462
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<p begin="0:26:44.433" dur="0:00:07.500">it's a big wheel,<br />a radius of about 100 meters</p>
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463
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+
<p begin="0:26:51.933" dur="0:00:02.967">and we'll make it<br />very fancy for you.</p>
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464
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+
<p begin="0:26:54.900" dur="0:00:04.800">We'll make some corridors<br />around, like here.</p>
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465
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+
<p begin="0:27:03.433" dur="0:00:03.500">We'll make it<br />a very interesting space station</p>
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466
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+
<p begin="0:27:06.933" dur="0:00:05.700">like so... and like so.</p>
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467
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+
<p begin="0:27:12.633" dur="0:00:06.700">And this is rotating around<br />with angular velocity omega.</p>
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468
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+
<p begin="0:27:19.333" dur="0:00:03.333">You're here-- there you are.</p>
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469
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+
<p begin="0:27:25.400" dur="0:00:01.600">You go around.</p>
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470
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+
<p begin="0:27:27.000" dur="0:00:03.266">Therefore, non-negotiable</p>
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471
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+
<p begin="0:27:30.266" dur="0:00:05.400">you're going around<br />with a certain velocity v.</p>
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472
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+
<p begin="0:27:35.666" dur="0:00:02.000">This v equals omega r</p>
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473
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+
<p begin="0:27:37.666" dur="0:00:03.667">and therefore, you require<br />centripetal acceleration</p>
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474
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+
<p begin="0:27:41.333" dur="0:00:03.833">towards the center--<br />that is non-negotiable.</p>
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475
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+
<p begin="0:27:45.166" dur="0:00:01.667">Where do you get it from?</p>
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476
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+
<p begin="0:27:46.833" dur="0:00:04.833">Well, the floor-- this is your<br />floor-- is pushing on you.</p>
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477
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+
<p begin="0:27:51.666" dur="0:00:03.234">Simple as that, just like<br />the floor is pushing on me now.</p>
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478
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+
<p begin="0:27:54.900" dur="0:00:01.333">This floor is pushing.</p>
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479
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+
<p begin="0:27:56.233" dur="0:00:03.167">There's nothing wrong with that;I don't fall over.</p>
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480
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+
<p begin="0:27:59.400" dur="0:00:01.900">And so I say to you,</p>
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481
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+
<p begin="0:28:01.300" dur="0:00:02.833">"In what direction<br />do you perceive gravity?"</p>
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482
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+
<p begin="0:28:04.133" dur="0:00:04.500">And you say, "This is<br />the direction of gravity"</p>
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483
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+
<p begin="0:28:08.633" dur="0:00:03.300">which is as real for you<br />as it can be.</p>
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484
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+
<p begin="0:28:11.933" dur="0:00:06.167">Someone else is standing here.</p>
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485
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+
<p begin="0:28:18.100" dur="0:00:03.033">What do you think that person<br />will think if I ask that person</p>
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486
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+
<p begin="0:28:21.133" dur="0:00:03.500">"What is the direction<br />of gravity?"</p>
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487
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+
<p begin="0:28:24.633" dur="0:00:02.733">Exactly, radially outwards,</p>
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488
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+
<p begin="0:28:27.366" dur="0:00:05.467">opposing the push<br />from the floor.</p>
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489
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+
<p begin="0:28:32.833" dur="0:00:03.033">So we could now calculate</p>
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490
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+
<p begin="0:28:35.866" dur="0:00:03.567">how fast we have to rotate<br />this space ship</p>
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491
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+
<p begin="0:28:39.433" dur="0:00:03.600">to mimic the gravitational<br />acceleration on Earth--</p>
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492
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+
<p begin="0:28:43.033" dur="0:00:02.467">which is 9.8 meters<br />per second squared.</p>
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493
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+
<p begin="0:28:45.500" dur="0:00:02.833">Let's call that 10,<br />just to round it off a little.</p>
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494
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+
<p begin="0:28:48.333" dur="0:00:03.600">So we want the people<br />who walk around in this corridor</p>
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495
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+
<p begin="0:28:51.933" dur="0:00:07.500">to have an acceleration omega<br />squared R which is about 10</p>
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496
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+
<p begin="0:28:59.433" dur="0:00:03.967">so omega squared is about 0.1</p>
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497
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+
<p begin="0:29:03.400" dur="0:00:07.766">so omega is<br />about 0.3 radians per second.</p>
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498
|
+
<p begin="0:29:11.166" dur="0:00:08.500">And so the period to go around<br />is about two pi divided by omega</p>
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499
|
+
<p begin="0:29:19.666" dur="0:00:04.100">and that is about 20 seconds.</p>
|
|
500
|
+
<p begin="0:29:23.766" dur="0:00:06.834">And the tangential speed-- that<br />value for v, which is omega R--</p>
|
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501
|
+
<p begin="0:29:30.600" dur="0:00:02.500">would then be 0.3 times 100</p>
|
|
502
|
+
<p begin="0:29:33.100" dur="0:00:02.966">would be<br />about 30 meters per second</p>
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503
|
+
<p begin="0:29:36.066" dur="0:00:02.167">just to give you an idea<br />for these numbers</p>
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504
|
+
<p begin="0:29:38.233" dur="0:00:04.867">which are by no means<br />so ridiculous.</p>
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505
|
+
<p begin="0:29:43.100" dur="0:00:04.600">What is interesting,<br />that the perceived gravity--</p>
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506
|
+
<p begin="0:29:47.700" dur="0:00:04.166">and therefore<br />the centripetal acceleration--</p>
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507
|
+
<p begin="0:29:51.866" dur="0:00:03.000">is zero here.</p>
|
|
508
|
+
<p begin="0:29:54.866" dur="0:00:02.900">There is nothing; there is no gravity there.</p>
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|
509
|
+
<p begin="0:29:57.766" dur="0:00:02.400">And so that may be a good place</p>
|
|
510
|
+
<p begin="0:30:00.166" dur="0:00:02.967">for you to have<br />your sleeping quarters.</p>
|
|
511
|
+
<p begin="0:30:03.133" dur="0:00:02.367">Now comes<br />an interesting question.</p>
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|
512
|
+
<p begin="0:30:05.500" dur="0:00:03.233">You can walk around here<br />without any problem.</p>
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513
|
+
<p begin="0:30:11.533" dur="0:00:02.867">Could you walk<br />into these spokes?</p>
|
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514
|
+
<p begin="0:30:14.400" dur="0:00:05.366">So when you were here,<br />could you then walk</p>
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515
|
+
<p begin="0:30:19.766" dur="0:00:02.100">towards your sleeping quarters?</p>
|
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516
|
+
<p begin="0:30:21.866" dur="0:00:02.400">When you were standing here<br />and I first ask you</p>
|
|
517
|
+
<p begin="0:30:24.266" dur="0:00:02.000">"In what direction is gravity?"</p>
|
|
518
|
+
<p begin="0:30:26.266" dur="0:00:03.267">And you will say, "Well,<br />gravity is in this direction."</p>
|
|
519
|
+
<p begin="0:30:29.533" dur="0:00:03.000">Can you now walk<br />to your sleeping quarters?</p>
|
|
520
|
+
<p begin="0:30:32.533" dur="0:00:01.833">And what's the answer?</p>
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|
521
|
+
<p begin="0:30:34.366" dur="0:00:01.534">You cannot.</p>
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|
522
|
+
<p begin="0:30:35.900" dur="0:00:02.433">You cannot walk<br />up against gravity.</p>
|
|
523
|
+
<p begin="0:30:38.333" dur="0:00:02.967">It would be like asking you<br />to walk to the ceiling.</p>
|
|
524
|
+
<p begin="0:30:41.300" dur="0:00:01.066">How do you do that?</p>
|
|
525
|
+
<p begin="0:30:42.366" dur="0:00:02.334">An elevator or a staircase,<br />that's fine</p>
|
|
526
|
+
<p begin="0:30:44.700" dur="0:00:02.733">because then you get<br />the push from the stairs</p>
|
|
527
|
+
<p begin="0:30:47.433" dur="0:00:01.433">when you step on the stairs.</p>
|
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528
|
+
<p begin="0:30:48.866" dur="0:00:01.967">So you could have<br />the staircase here</p>
|
|
529
|
+
<p begin="0:30:50.833" dur="0:00:02.267">and that's the way<br />this person could go here.</p>
|
|
530
|
+
<p begin="0:30:53.100" dur="0:00:02.400">But you cannot simply walk here</p>
|
|
531
|
+
<p begin="0:30:55.500" dur="0:00:03.933">because gravity is always<br />in this direction.</p>
|
|
532
|
+
<p begin="0:30:59.433" dur="0:00:03.433">Now let's suppose you are<br />at your sleeping quarters</p>
|
|
533
|
+
<p begin="0:31:02.866" dur="0:00:03.800">and you wake up in the morning<br />and you decide to go back</p>
|
|
534
|
+
<p begin="0:31:06.666" dur="0:00:01.867">either in this direction<br />or this direction</p>
|
|
535
|
+
<p begin="0:31:08.533" dur="0:00:03.300">or this direction or that<br />direction-- it doesn't matter.</p>
|
|
536
|
+
<p begin="0:31:11.833" dur="0:00:06.467">Could you do that, just by...<br />just going into this corridor</p>
|
|
537
|
+
<p begin="0:31:18.300" dur="0:00:03.133">and slowly, carefully<br />starting moving?</p>
|
|
538
|
+
<p begin="0:31:21.433" dur="0:00:01.467">What would happen?</p>
|
|
539
|
+
<p begin="0:31:22.900" dur="0:00:01.733">Yeah?</p>
|
|
540
|
+
<p begin="0:31:24.633" dur="0:00:01.133">STUDENT:<br />You would fly out.</p>
|
|
541
|
+
<p begin="0:31:25.766" dur="0:00:01.267">LEWIN:<br />You would fly out.</p>
|
|
542
|
+
<p begin="0:31:27.033" dur="0:00:03.867">It would be suicide, because<br />the moment that you are here</p>
|
|
543
|
+
<p begin="0:31:30.900" dur="0:00:01.733">already, you have maybe</p>
|
|
544
|
+
<p begin="0:31:32.633" dur="0:00:04.433">not a very large<br />gravitational experience</p>
|
|
545
|
+
<p begin="0:31:37.066" dur="0:00:02.134">but already it's beginning<br />to grow on you.</p>
|
|
546
|
+
<p begin="0:31:39.200" dur="0:00:03.000">The farther out you are,<br />the stronger it will be.</p>
|
|
547
|
+
<p begin="0:31:42.200" dur="0:00:03.466">By the time you're here, it's<br />10 meters per second squared.</p>
|
|
548
|
+
<p begin="0:31:45.666" dur="0:00:02.367">Remember? We had 10 meters<br />per second squared</p>
|
|
549
|
+
<p begin="0:31:48.033" dur="0:00:03.000">because we wanted<br />to mimic the Earth</p>
|
|
550
|
+
<p begin="0:31:51.033" dur="0:00:01.300">and so you literally crash.</p>
|
|
551
|
+
<p begin="0:31:52.333" dur="0:00:03.833">It's like falling into a shaft,<br />jumping into a shaft.</p>
|
|
552
|
+
<p begin="0:31:56.166" dur="0:00:01.534">It's not quite the same</p>
|
|
553
|
+
<p begin="0:31:57.700" dur="0:00:03.133">because you start off<br />with no pull on you.</p>
|
|
554
|
+
<p begin="0:32:00.833" dur="0:00:01.733">The moment you start going,<br />however</p>
|
|
555
|
+
<p begin="0:32:02.566" dur="0:00:03.967">the situation gets out of hand<br />and indeed you will slam.</p>
|
|
556
|
+
<p begin="0:32:06.533" dur="0:00:01.967">So you can use<br />the same elevator.</p>
|
|
557
|
+
<p begin="0:32:08.500" dur="0:00:01.666">You can use the same staircase.</p>
|
|
558
|
+
<p begin="0:32:10.166" dur="0:00:02.567">There's nothing wrong with that.</p>
|
|
559
|
+
<p begin="0:32:12.733" dur="0:00:02.800">Suppose I have a liquid</p>
|
|
560
|
+
<p begin="0:32:15.533" dur="0:00:05.400">which has very, very fine,<br />small particles in it--</p>
|
|
561
|
+
<p begin="0:32:20.933" dur="0:00:05.867">extremely small,<br />so small and so light</p>
|
|
562
|
+
<p begin="0:32:26.800" dur="0:00:03.533">that they will not sink<br />to the bottom.</p>
|
|
563
|
+
<p begin="0:32:30.333" dur="0:00:07.267">So you will always see<br />some colored milky-type liquid.</p>
|
|
564
|
+
<p begin="0:32:37.600" dur="0:00:07.933">And here is that tube<br />which has these fine particles.</p>
|
|
565
|
+
<p begin="0:32:45.533" dur="0:00:02.267">And the tube is sitting there</p>
|
|
566
|
+
<p begin="0:32:47.800" dur="0:00:03.166">and the line of the liquid<br />is obviously like this.</p>
|
|
567
|
+
<p begin="0:32:50.966" dur="0:00:02.034">Why? Well, that's obvious.</p>
|
|
568
|
+
<p begin="0:32:53.000" dur="0:00:04.500">Because gravity is<br />in this direction.</p>
|
|
569
|
+
<p begin="0:32:57.500" dur="0:00:01.766">And so the surface of the liquid</p>
|
|
570
|
+
<p begin="0:32:59.266" dur="0:00:01.900">is always perpendicular<br />to gravity.</p>
|
|
571
|
+
<p begin="0:33:01.166" dur="0:00:02.867">You see here<br />two glasses with water.</p>
|
|
572
|
+
<p begin="0:33:04.033" dur="0:00:02.867">The surface is<br />perpendicular to gravity.</p>
|
|
573
|
+
<p begin="0:33:06.900" dur="0:00:05.433">Now I'm going to rotate this<br />about this axis--</p>
|
|
574
|
+
<p begin="0:33:12.333" dur="0:00:02.067">it's going around like this--</p>
|
|
575
|
+
<p begin="0:33:14.400" dur="0:00:04.666">and I'm going to rotate it<br />with an angular velocity omega</p>
|
|
576
|
+
<p begin="0:33:19.066" dur="0:00:02.500">and this is at a distance, R.</p>
|
|
577
|
+
<p begin="0:33:21.566" dur="0:00:05.600">Therefore, there is now<br />a centripetal acceleration</p>
|
|
578
|
+
<p begin="0:33:27.166" dur="0:00:04.867">in this direction,<br />and so the particles now say</p>
|
|
579
|
+
<p begin="0:33:32.033" dur="0:00:04.767">"Aha! Gravity is<br />in this direction."</p>
|
|
580
|
+
<p begin="0:33:36.800" dur="0:00:03.833">The side of the glass<br />and the liquid is pushing</p>
|
|
581
|
+
<p begin="0:33:40.633" dur="0:00:03.933">in this direction to provide<br />this centripetal acceleration.</p>
|
|
582
|
+
<p begin="0:33:44.566" dur="0:00:02.167">So if you ask them,<br />"Where is gravity?"</p>
|
|
583
|
+
<p begin="0:33:46.733" dur="0:00:02.167">they will say<br />"Gravity is there."</p>
|
|
584
|
+
<p begin="0:33:48.900" dur="0:00:03.233">And this gravitational effect<br />can be so much stronger</p>
|
|
585
|
+
<p begin="0:33:52.133" dur="0:00:02.500">than this one<br />that you can forget this one--</p>
|
|
586
|
+
<p begin="0:33:54.633" dur="0:00:01.733">you will see that in a minute.</p>
|
|
587
|
+
<p begin="0:33:56.366" dur="0:00:02.000">You can completely forget<br />this one.</p>
|
|
588
|
+
<p begin="0:33:58.366" dur="0:00:02.100">And so the liquid will say</p>
|
|
589
|
+
<p begin="0:34:00.466" dur="0:00:03.467">"I'm going to be<br />perpendicular to gravity."</p>
|
|
590
|
+
<p begin="0:34:03.933" dur="0:00:03.800">And so the liquid will go<br />like this, clunk.</p>
|
|
591
|
+
<p begin="0:34:07.733" dur="0:00:02.367">While it rotates around</p>
|
|
592
|
+
<p begin="0:34:10.100" dur="0:00:03.800">the liquid in this tilted tube<br />will be vertical.</p>
|
|
593
|
+
<p begin="0:34:13.900" dur="0:00:05.666">But not only that,<br />the particles that are here</p>
|
|
594
|
+
<p begin="0:34:19.566" dur="0:00:04.967">experience now way stronger<br />gravity than they did before</p>
|
|
595
|
+
<p begin="0:34:24.533" dur="0:00:01.733">so I have made them heavier.</p>
|
|
596
|
+
<p begin="0:34:26.266" dur="0:00:01.600">They are no longer<br />light particles.</p>
|
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597
|
+
<p begin="0:34:27.866" dur="0:00:03.334">They are heavy particles,<br />and what do heavy particles do?</p>
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598
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+
<p begin="0:34:31.200" dur="0:00:03.500">They have no problems<br />in making it to the side.</p>
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599
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+
<p begin="0:34:34.700" dur="0:00:02.100">The reason<br />why the light particles</p>
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600
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+
<p begin="0:34:36.800" dur="0:00:03.333">couldn't fall in the first place<br />has to do with the fact</p>
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601
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+
<p begin="0:34:40.133" dur="0:00:02.333">that the molecules<br />of the liquid</p>
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602
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+
<p begin="0:34:42.466" dur="0:00:03.567">due to their temperature,<br />have a chaotic motion.</p>
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603
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+
<p begin="0:34:46.033" dur="0:00:01.933">We call that<br />the "thermal agitation."</p>
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604
|
+
<p begin="0:34:47.966" dur="0:00:01.934">And these molecules<br />would interact</p>
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605
|
+
<p begin="0:34:49.900" dur="0:00:02.333">with these very small<br />and light particles</p>
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606
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+
<p begin="0:34:52.233" dur="0:00:03.700">and so the light particles would<br />never make it to the bottom.</p>
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607
|
+
<p begin="0:34:55.933" dur="0:00:02.967">The thermal agitation now<br />of the liquid is the same--</p>
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608
|
+
<p begin="0:34:58.900" dur="0:00:01.600">the temperature doesn't change--</p>
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609
|
+
<p begin="0:35:00.500" dur="0:00:03.100">but the particles have become<br />way, way heavier</p>
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610
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+
<p begin="0:35:03.600" dur="0:00:04.366">and so the particles now go<br />in the direction of gravity</p>
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611
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+
<p begin="0:35:07.966" dur="0:00:01.667">which is here.</p>
|
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612
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+
<p begin="0:35:09.633" dur="0:00:03.300">And what you will see,<br />if these particles are white</p>
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|
613
|
+
<p begin="0:35:12.933" dur="0:00:02.500">you will see<br />white precipitation there</p>
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614
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+
<p begin="0:35:15.433" dur="0:00:04.433">and the liquid<br />will become clear.</p>
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615
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+
<p begin="0:35:19.866" dur="0:00:01.134">And that is something</p>
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616
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+
<p begin="0:35:21.000" dur="0:00:01.900">that I would like<br />to demonstrate to you.</p>
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617
|
+
<p begin="0:35:22.900" dur="0:00:03.100">But before I do that, I want<br />to give you some numbers.</p>
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618
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+
<p begin="0:35:26.000" dur="0:00:01.200">Here we have</p>
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619
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+
<p begin="0:35:27.200" dur="0:00:04.366">a household, simple,<br />nothing-special centrifuge</p>
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620
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+
<p begin="0:35:31.566" dur="0:00:02.500">that is used in any laboratory.</p>
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621
|
+
<p begin="0:35:34.066" dur="0:00:08.000">The centrifuge that we have<br />has an rpm which is 3600 rpm.</p>
|
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622
|
+
<p begin="0:35:45.500" dur="0:00:07.000">So 3600 rpm translates<br />into a frequency of 60 Hz.</p>
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623
|
+
<p begin="0:35:52.500" dur="0:00:04.600">So it goes around once<br />in one-sixtieth of a second.</p>
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|
624
|
+
<p begin="0:35:57.100" dur="0:00:05.166">Omega is two pi times f</p>
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625
|
+
<p begin="0:36:02.266" dur="0:00:05.867">is therefore<br />roughly 360 radians per second.</p>
|
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626
|
+
<p begin="0:36:08.133" dur="0:00:03.467">360 radians per second.</p>
|
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627
|
+
<p begin="0:36:13.066" dur="0:00:02.234">If we assume<br />that the radius is...</p>
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628
|
+
<p begin="0:36:15.300" dur="0:00:02.100">maybe it's 10, 15 centimeters.</p>
|
|
629
|
+
<p begin="0:36:17.400" dur="0:00:04.500">Whatever, let's take a radius<br />of 15 centimeters.</p>
|
|
630
|
+
<p begin="0:36:21.900" dur="0:00:02.066">And we can calculate now</p>
|
|
631
|
+
<p begin="0:36:23.966" dur="0:00:02.900">what the centripetal<br />acceleration is.</p>
|
|
632
|
+
<p begin="0:36:26.866" dur="0:00:05.734">And the centripetal acceleration<br />a of c which is omega squared R</p>
|
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633
|
+
<p begin="0:36:32.600" dur="0:00:06.300">is then roughly about 20,000<br />meters per second squared.</p>
|
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634
|
+
<p begin="0:36:38.900" dur="0:00:05.966">20,000 meters<br />per second squared.</p>
|
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635
|
+
<p begin="0:36:44.866" dur="0:00:06.634">And that is 2,000 times<br />the gravitational acceleration.</p>
|
|
636
|
+
<p begin="0:36:51.500" dur="0:00:03.933">It means that these particles<br />experience gravity</p>
|
|
637
|
+
<p begin="0:36:55.433" dur="0:00:06.033">which is 2,000 times stronger<br />than if I don't rotate them.</p>
|
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638
|
+
<p begin="0:37:01.466" dur="0:00:03.600">And so they will go<br />to the side here.</p>
|
|
639
|
+
<p begin="0:37:05.066" dur="0:00:04.534">But the glass itself is<br />also 2,000 times heavier</p>
|
|
640
|
+
<p begin="0:37:09.600" dur="0:00:02.333">and therefore the glass<br />can easily break</p>
|
|
641
|
+
<p begin="0:37:11.933" dur="0:00:02.267">so when you design<br />a centrifuge like that</p>
|
|
642
|
+
<p begin="0:37:14.200" dur="0:00:03.033">you have to really think<br />that through very carefully--</p>
|
|
643
|
+
<p begin="0:37:17.233" dur="0:00:03.867">that the pieces that are<br />in there don't fly apart.</p>
|
|
644
|
+
<p begin="0:37:24.900" dur="0:00:04.800">I have here water in which I<br />have dissolved some table salt--</p>
|
|
645
|
+
<p begin="0:37:29.700" dur="0:00:02.066">the same table salt<br />that you use in the kitchen</p>
|
|
646
|
+
<p begin="0:37:31.766" dur="0:00:05.900">when you prepare your food,<br />table salt in here.</p>
|
|
647
|
+
<p begin="0:37:37.666" dur="0:00:06.800">Here I have water in which I<br />dissolved some silver nitrate.</p>
|
|
648
|
+
<p begin="0:37:44.466" dur="0:00:04.867">It's nasty stuff, I warn you for<br />it, you have to be very careful</p>
|
|
649
|
+
<p begin="0:37:49.333" dur="0:00:02.967">because if you get<br />the stuff on your hands</p>
|
|
650
|
+
<p begin="0:37:52.300" dur="0:00:02.200">it burns through your hands<br />very quickly</p>
|
|
651
|
+
<p begin="0:37:54.500" dur="0:00:01.333">without your realizing it</p>
|
|
652
|
+
<p begin="0:37:55.833" dur="0:00:02.633">and you end up<br />with a very black spot.</p>
|
|
653
|
+
<p begin="0:37:58.466" dur="0:00:02.600">It really eats away,<br />burns out your skin.</p>
|
|
654
|
+
<p begin="0:38:01.066" dur="0:00:01.134">People put it on warts</p>
|
|
655
|
+
<p begin="0:38:02.200" dur="0:00:02.600">and then the warts,<br />they think, fall off.</p>
|
|
656
|
+
<p begin="0:38:04.800" dur="0:00:01.400">They probably do after a while</p>
|
|
657
|
+
<p begin="0:38:06.200" dur="0:00:02.666">but your finger<br />may also fall off.</p>
|
|
658
|
+
<p begin="0:38:08.866" dur="0:00:01.467">So I have here silver nitrate</p>
|
|
659
|
+
<p begin="0:38:10.333" dur="0:00:010.000">and there I have sodium chloride<br />and I mix the two.</p>
|
|
660
|
+
<p begin="0:38:20.333" dur="0:00:06.400">So I get table salt-- sodium<br />chloride-- plus silver nitrate</p>
|
|
661
|
+
<p begin="0:38:26.733" dur="0:00:07.400">gives sodium nitrate<br />plus silver chloride</p>
|
|
662
|
+
<p begin="0:38:34.133" dur="0:00:05.133">and this, very small white<br />particles, and you will see</p>
|
|
663
|
+
<p begin="0:38:39.266" dur="0:00:03.967">that the liquid turns<br />milky instantaneously.</p>
|
|
664
|
+
<p begin="0:38:43.233" dur="0:00:04.600">It almost becomes like,<br />like yogurt, as you will see.</p>
|
|
665
|
+
<p begin="0:38:47.833" dur="0:00:03.233">And so I want<br />to show that to you.</p>
|
|
666
|
+
<p begin="0:38:51.066" dur="0:00:02.700">I have here these two glasses.</p>
|
|
667
|
+
<p begin="0:38:53.766" dur="0:00:05.067">This is the table salt and<br />this is the silver nitrate.</p>
|
|
668
|
+
<p begin="0:38:58.833" dur="0:00:02.567">I'm going to mix them.</p>
|
|
669
|
+
<p begin="0:39:04.666" dur="0:00:01.967">I hope you can see this.</p>
|
|
670
|
+
<p begin="0:39:06.633" dur="0:00:03.500">Here are the two glasses,<br />and when I mix them...</p>
|
|
671
|
+
<p begin="0:39:10.133" dur="0:00:02.333">(<i>whistles</i>)</p>
|
|
672
|
+
<p begin="0:39:12.466" dur="0:00:03.300">instantaneously you get milk.</p>
|
|
673
|
+
<p begin="0:39:15.766" dur="0:00:03.034">(<i>class laughs</i>)</p>
|
|
674
|
+
<p begin="0:39:18.800" dur="0:00:01.800">Yeah.</p>
|
|
675
|
+
<p begin="0:39:20.600" dur="0:00:04.400">I'm not asking you to taste it<br />but look at it, right?</p>
|
|
676
|
+
<p begin="0:39:25.000" dur="0:00:01.166">Just milk.</p>
|
|
677
|
+
<p begin="0:39:26.166" dur="0:00:02.867">You can leave this for hours<br />and hours and hours</p>
|
|
678
|
+
<p begin="0:39:29.033" dur="0:00:02.433">and it will just stay like that.</p>
|
|
679
|
+
<p begin="0:39:31.466" dur="0:00:05.034">Very small particles<br />of silver chloride are in here.</p>
|
|
680
|
+
<p begin="0:39:36.500" dur="0:00:05.233">So now we are going to put this<br />in the centrifuge.</p>
|
|
681
|
+
<p begin="0:39:41.733" dur="0:00:04.067">I have to put it<br />in a very small tube.</p>
|
|
682
|
+
<p begin="0:39:45.800" dur="0:00:02.200">I'll show you this small tube.</p>
|
|
683
|
+
<p begin="0:39:48.000" dur="0:00:03.333">There's no way that I can pour<br />that in without making a mess.</p>
|
|
684
|
+
<p begin="0:39:51.333" dur="0:00:01.933">Here's this small tube</p>
|
|
685
|
+
<p begin="0:39:53.266" dur="0:00:06.967">and so what I will do is I will<br />first put it in a small beaker</p>
|
|
686
|
+
<p begin="0:40:00.233" dur="0:00:03.900">and then from this small beaker</p>
|
|
687
|
+
<p begin="0:40:04.133" dur="0:00:04.933">I will transfer it, some of it,<br />to this tube.</p>
|
|
688
|
+
<p begin="0:40:09.066" dur="0:00:01.700">When you put this<br />in a centrifuge</p>
|
|
689
|
+
<p begin="0:40:10.766" dur="0:00:04.234">your force on this glass<br />is so high</p>
|
|
690
|
+
<p begin="0:40:15.000" dur="0:00:01.766">that you must always make sure</p>
|
|
691
|
+
<p begin="0:40:16.766" dur="0:00:01.967">that you balance it<br />with another tube</p>
|
|
692
|
+
<p begin="0:40:18.733" dur="0:00:02.200">that you fill with water<br />on the other side.</p>
|
|
693
|
+
<p begin="0:40:20.933" dur="0:00:02.467">Otherwise the thing begins<br />to shake like crazy.</p>
|
|
694
|
+
<p begin="0:40:23.400" dur="0:00:05.433">It's like your centrifuge<br />when you dry your towels.</p>
|
|
695
|
+
<p begin="0:40:28.833" dur="0:00:02.400">If they are<br />not equally distributed</p>
|
|
696
|
+
<p begin="0:40:31.233" dur="0:00:03.367">it begins to make very obscene<br />sounds and starts to move.</p>
|
|
697
|
+
<p begin="0:40:34.600" dur="0:00:01.500">(<i>class laughs</i>)</p>
|
|
698
|
+
<p begin="0:40:36.100" dur="0:00:01.700">And the same thing<br />will happen here.</p>
|
|
699
|
+
<p begin="0:40:37.800" dur="0:00:01.866">So you just have<br />to take my word for it</p>
|
|
700
|
+
<p begin="0:40:39.666" dur="0:00:02.067">that we have put<br />on the other side</p>
|
|
701
|
+
<p begin="0:40:41.733" dur="0:00:02.933">just some water<br />to balance it out.</p>
|
|
702
|
+
<p begin="0:40:44.666" dur="0:00:02.600">So here is now the yogurt</p>
|
|
703
|
+
<p begin="0:40:47.266" dur="0:00:02.500">and on the other side<br />is plain water</p>
|
|
704
|
+
<p begin="0:40:49.766" dur="0:00:02.467">and we will just let it sit<br />there for a while</p>
|
|
705
|
+
<p begin="0:40:52.233" dur="0:00:03.100">and we will return<br />to that shortly.</p>
|
|
706
|
+
<p begin="0:40:58.333" dur="0:00:03.267">I mentioned already your<br />centrifuge for your clothes.</p>
|
|
707
|
+
<p begin="0:41:01.600" dur="0:00:02.466">That is the way<br />that you can dry your clothes.</p>
|
|
708
|
+
<p begin="0:41:04.066" dur="0:00:03.600">That is the same way that my<br />grandmother dried the lettuce.</p>
|
|
709
|
+
<p begin="0:41:07.666" dur="0:00:03.567">The water will go<br />to the circumference.</p>
|
|
710
|
+
<p begin="0:41:11.233" dur="0:00:02.767">A household centrifuge<br />for your clothes</p>
|
|
711
|
+
<p begin="0:41:14.000" dur="0:00:04.300">would easily rotate<br />1,200 revolutions per minute</p>
|
|
712
|
+
<p begin="0:41:18.300" dur="0:00:02.633">have a radius<br />maybe of 15 centimeters</p>
|
|
713
|
+
<p begin="0:41:20.933" dur="0:00:02.500">which would give you<br />a centripetal acceleration</p>
|
|
714
|
+
<p begin="0:41:23.433" dur="0:00:05.600">of 200 times g, 200 times<br />the gravitational acceleration.</p>
|
|
715
|
+
<p begin="0:41:29.033" dur="0:00:03.300">So your clothes<br />experience gravity</p>
|
|
716
|
+
<p begin="0:41:32.333" dur="0:00:01.967">which is 200 times stronger</p>
|
|
717
|
+
<p begin="0:41:34.300" dur="0:00:03.466">and therefore your clothes<br />are 200 times heavier</p>
|
|
718
|
+
<p begin="0:41:37.766" dur="0:00:03.167">and therefore your clothes<br />can tear apart</p>
|
|
719
|
+
<p begin="0:41:40.933" dur="0:00:01.333">and we have all seen that.</p>
|
|
720
|
+
<p begin="0:41:42.266" dur="0:00:02.167">We have all put in stuff<br />in a centrifuge</p>
|
|
721
|
+
<p begin="0:41:44.433" dur="0:00:03.533">and when you take it out you're<br />disappointed because it's torn.</p>
|
|
722
|
+
<p begin="0:41:47.966" dur="0:00:02.100">That's because<br />of the tremendous gravity</p>
|
|
723
|
+
<p begin="0:41:50.066" dur="0:00:02.967">that you have exposed them to.</p>
|
|
724
|
+
<p begin="0:41:53.033" dur="0:00:04.367">Many times when I take my shirts<br />out, half my buttons are gone.</p>
|
|
725
|
+
<p begin="0:41:57.400" dur="0:00:03.066">That's because the force--<br />I shouldn't use that word...</p>
|
|
726
|
+
<p begin="0:42:00.466" dur="0:00:04.000">the gravitational effect<br />on the buttons is enormous</p>
|
|
727
|
+
<p begin="0:42:04.466" dur="0:00:03.767">and they just get ripped off.</p>
|
|
728
|
+
<p begin="0:42:08.233" dur="0:00:02.933">Now I want to revisit<br />the situation</p>
|
|
729
|
+
<p begin="0:42:11.166" dur="0:00:04.767">that you are<br />on the end of my string</p>
|
|
730
|
+
<p begin="0:42:15.933" dur="0:00:02.833">and I'm going to swirl<br />you around.</p>
|
|
731
|
+
<p begin="0:42:18.766" dur="0:00:03.300">Earlier, I swirled you<br />around like this</p>
|
|
732
|
+
<p begin="0:42:22.066" dur="0:00:03.934">and you didn't like it</p>
|
|
733
|
+
<p begin="0:42:26.000" dur="0:00:02.800">and I don't blame you<br />because you got dizzy.</p>
|
|
734
|
+
<p begin="0:42:28.800" dur="0:00:02.400">Now I'm going to rotate<br />you like this.</p>
|
|
735
|
+
<p begin="0:42:31.200" dur="0:00:01.666">You may like that better.</p>
|
|
736
|
+
<p begin="0:42:32.866" dur="0:00:01.500">Maybe not.</p>
|
|
737
|
+
<p begin="0:42:34.366" dur="0:00:01.867">(<i>chuckles</i>)</p>
|
|
738
|
+
<p begin="0:42:36.233" dur="0:00:03.700">And so, whether<br />you like it or not</p>
|
|
739
|
+
<p begin="0:42:39.933" dur="0:00:08.333">I'm going to twirl you around<br />and here you are.</p>
|
|
740
|
+
<p begin="0:42:48.266" dur="0:00:02.100">This is the circle.</p>
|
|
741
|
+
<p begin="0:42:50.366" dur="0:00:03.100">There's a string-- you're here.</p>
|
|
742
|
+
<p begin="0:42:53.466" dur="0:00:03.500">Here's the string<br />and there you are.</p>
|
|
743
|
+
<p begin="0:42:56.966" dur="0:00:02.800">You have a certain velocity.</p>
|
|
744
|
+
<p begin="0:42:59.766" dur="0:00:05.234">Your velocity is<br />in this direction</p>
|
|
745
|
+
<p begin="0:43:05.000" dur="0:00:06.066">and there is a certain distance<br />to the center, R.</p>
|
|
746
|
+
<p begin="0:43:11.066" dur="0:00:04.967">And so you need a certain<br />centripetal acceleration</p>
|
|
747
|
+
<p begin="0:43:16.033" dur="0:00:04.167">to go around in that curve.</p>
|
|
748
|
+
<p begin="0:43:20.200" dur="0:00:02.700">So you need<br />a centripetal acceleration</p>
|
|
749
|
+
<p begin="0:43:22.900" dur="0:00:02.800">a of c-- which is...</p>
|
|
750
|
+
<p begin="0:43:25.700" dur="0:00:03.166">you can take the v squared<br />divided by r, if you like that.</p>
|
|
751
|
+
<p begin="0:43:28.866" dur="0:00:02.834">This is the magnitude of that v.</p>
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752
|
+
<p begin="0:43:31.700" dur="0:00:04.633">Now follow me very closely.</p>
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753
|
+
<p begin="0:43:36.333" dur="0:00:08.333">Just imagine that this number<br />happens to be exactly 9.8.</p>
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754
|
+
<p begin="0:43:44.666" dur="0:00:01.900">I can always do that.</p>
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755
|
+
<p begin="0:43:50.233" dur="0:00:06.300">Where is this person going to<br />get the push or the pull from</p>
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756
|
+
<p begin="0:43:56.533" dur="0:00:03.533">for this centripetal<br />acceleration?</p>
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757
|
+
<p begin="0:44:00.066" dur="0:00:02.434">Does the string have<br />to pull on it?</p>
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758
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+
<p begin="0:44:02.500" dur="0:00:03.466">No, because there's always<br />gravity and gravity gives you</p>
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759
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+
<p begin="0:44:05.966" dur="0:00:03.534">an acceleration of 9.8 meters<br />per second squared.</p>
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760
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+
<p begin="0:44:09.500" dur="0:00:06.066">So the string says, "Tough luck,<br />I don't have to do anything.</p>
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761
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+
<p begin="0:44:15.566" dur="0:00:07.200">"Gravity provides me with the<br />9.8 meters per second squared</p>
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762
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+
<p begin="0:44:22.766" dur="0:00:02.767">that I required."</p>
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763
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+
<p begin="0:44:25.533" dur="0:00:06.100">Now I'm going to swing you<br />faster, so the v will go up</p>
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764
|
+
<p begin="0:44:31.633" dur="0:00:03.200">and so the centripetal<br />acceleration will go up.</p>
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765
|
+
<p begin="0:44:34.833" dur="0:00:02.300">The string will say</p>
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766
|
+
<p begin="0:44:37.133" dur="0:00:04.967">"Aha! I'm going to pull<br />now on this person</p>
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767
|
+
<p begin="0:44:42.100" dur="0:00:02.066">"because the gravitational<br />acceleration alone</p>
|
|
768
|
+
<p begin="0:44:44.166" dur="0:00:03.000">is not enough--<br />I need some extra pull."</p>
|
|
769
|
+
<p begin="0:44:47.166" dur="0:00:03.800">So the string is going<br />to tighten and pull on you.</p>
|
|
770
|
+
<p begin="0:44:50.966" dur="0:00:03.600">And I say, "Hello, there,<br />in what direction is gravity?"</p>
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|
771
|
+
<p begin="0:44:54.566" dur="0:00:04.067">And you say, "Gravity is<br />in this direction."</p>
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|
772
|
+
<p begin="0:44:58.633" dur="0:00:02.800">Why? Because you feel<br />the string is pulling on you</p>
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|
773
|
+
<p begin="0:45:01.433" dur="0:00:05.300">in this direction,<br />so you experience gravity there.</p>
|
|
774
|
+
<p begin="0:45:06.733" dur="0:00:04.033">Now comes the question,<br />how real is this?</p>
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775
|
+
<p begin="0:45:10.766" dur="0:00:04.767">This is very, very real.</p>
|
|
776
|
+
<p begin="0:45:15.533" dur="0:00:02.100">It is so real</p>
|
|
777
|
+
<p begin="0:45:17.633" dur="0:00:07.167">that if I took a bucket<br />of water instead of you...</p>
|
|
778
|
+
<p begin="0:45:24.800" dur="0:00:06.200">and here is the bucket of water.</p>
|
|
779
|
+
<p begin="0:45:31.000" dur="0:00:02.600">I attached to the bucket a rope.</p>
|
|
780
|
+
<p begin="0:45:33.600" dur="0:00:04.833">I swing it around,<br />and I swing it around</p>
|
|
781
|
+
<p begin="0:45:38.433" dur="0:00:03.133">such that<br />the centripetal acceleration</p>
|
|
782
|
+
<p begin="0:45:41.566" dur="0:00:03.000">is substantially larger than 9.8</p>
|
|
783
|
+
<p begin="0:45:44.566" dur="0:00:06.700">so the string is definitely<br />going to pull</p>
|
|
784
|
+
<p begin="0:45:51.266" dur="0:00:03.834">so if you were the water, and I<br />asked you, "Where is gravity?"</p>
|
|
785
|
+
<p begin="0:45:55.100" dur="0:00:02.866">you would say the gravitational<br />direction is in this direction</p>
|
|
786
|
+
<p begin="0:45:57.966" dur="0:00:01.467">and so the water will say,</p>
|
|
787
|
+
<p begin="0:45:59.433" dur="0:00:03.033">"Okay, fine,<br />then this will be my surface</p>
|
|
788
|
+
<p begin="0:46:02.466" dur="0:00:02.634">and I want to go<br />in this direction."</p>
|
|
789
|
+
<p begin="0:46:05.100" dur="0:00:01.966">But the water can't go<br />in that direction</p>
|
|
790
|
+
<p begin="0:46:07.066" dur="0:00:02.267">so it will just stay there.</p>
|
|
791
|
+
<p begin="0:46:09.333" dur="0:00:05.000">So I could swing this thing<br />around if I do it fast enough--</p>
|
|
792
|
+
<p begin="0:46:14.333" dur="0:00:04.833">so fast that the acceleration<br />at this point here</p>
|
|
793
|
+
<p begin="0:46:19.166" dur="0:00:02.800">must be larger than 9.8--</p>
|
|
794
|
+
<p begin="0:46:21.966" dur="0:00:05.267">the water will stay up<br />while the bucket is upside down.</p>
|
|
795
|
+
<p begin="0:46:27.233" dur="0:00:03.067">How fast should I rotate it?</p>
|
|
796
|
+
<p begin="0:46:30.300" dur="0:00:02.833">Well, let's put<br />in some simple numbers.</p>
|
|
797
|
+
<p begin="0:46:33.133" dur="0:00:03.500">I have here this bucket</p>
|
|
798
|
+
<p begin="0:46:36.633" dur="0:00:03.167">and let's say that this is<br />about one meter.</p>
|
|
799
|
+
<p begin="0:46:39.800" dur="0:00:02.000">Let's round some numbers off.</p>
|
|
800
|
+
<p begin="0:46:41.800" dur="0:00:04.300">So R is about one meter.</p>
|
|
801
|
+
<p begin="0:46:46.100" dur="0:00:03.633">And I want v squared over R</p>
|
|
802
|
+
<p begin="0:46:49.733" dur="0:00:07.033">I want that to be larger than<br />9.8-- let's just call it 10.</p>
|
|
803
|
+
<p begin="0:46:56.766" dur="0:00:03.134">So that means v<br />has to be larger</p>
|
|
804
|
+
<p begin="0:46:59.900" dur="0:00:03.266">than about 3.2 meters<br />per second.</p>
|
|
805
|
+
<p begin="0:47:03.166" dur="0:00:02.434">The time to go around</p>
|
|
806
|
+
<p begin="0:47:05.600" dur="0:00:05.066">is two pi R divided<br />by this velocity</p>
|
|
807
|
+
<p begin="0:47:10.666" dur="0:00:03.500">so this time to go around, then,<br />has to be six...</p>
|
|
808
|
+
<p begin="0:47:14.166" dur="0:00:03.267">has to be less than two seconds.</p>
|
|
809
|
+
<p begin="0:47:17.433" dur="0:00:02.167">So if I swing this around<br />in less than two seconds</p>
|
|
810
|
+
<p begin="0:47:19.600" dur="0:00:01.233">I will be okay.</p>
|
|
811
|
+
<p begin="0:47:20.833" dur="0:00:05.067">Now, I realize that the speed<br />when I move this thing around</p>
|
|
812
|
+
<p begin="0:47:25.900" dur="0:00:01.566">is not constant everywhere.</p>
|
|
813
|
+
<p begin="0:47:27.466" dur="0:00:02.667">That's very difficult<br />to do that, because of gravity.</p>
|
|
814
|
+
<p begin="0:47:30.133" dur="0:00:02.933">But it's close enough<br />to get an idea.</p>
|
|
815
|
+
<p begin="0:47:33.066" dur="0:00:05.034">So if I rotate this faster<br />than in two seconds</p>
|
|
816
|
+
<p begin="0:47:38.100" dur="0:00:02.633">when the bucket is upside-down</p>
|
|
817
|
+
<p begin="0:47:40.733" dur="0:00:05.700">if physics works, the water<br />should not fall out.</p>
|
|
818
|
+
<p begin="0:47:46.433" dur="0:00:03.167">So let us fill this with water.</p>
|
|
819
|
+
<p begin="0:47:58.066" dur="0:00:01.000">There we go.</p>
|
|
820
|
+
<p begin="0:48:08.100" dur="0:00:02.000">I'm always nervous about this.</p>
|
|
821
|
+
<p begin="0:48:10.100" dur="0:00:02.866">Um, let's first look<br />at the centrifuge.</p>
|
|
822
|
+
<p begin="0:48:12.966" dur="0:00:05.167">We have to see whether<br />the centrifuge has done its job.</p>
|
|
823
|
+
<p begin="0:48:23.133" dur="0:00:03.600">So let's look<br />at what this tube...</p>
|
|
824
|
+
<p begin="0:48:26.733" dur="0:00:02.300">I think it was tube number four.</p>
|
|
825
|
+
<p begin="0:48:29.033" dur="0:00:03.500">Oh, yeah!<br />Very clear is now the liquid</p>
|
|
826
|
+
<p begin="0:48:32.533" dur="0:00:03.067">and you see the white stuff<br />here on the side.</p>
|
|
827
|
+
<p begin="0:48:35.600" dur="0:00:02.500">It's not too easy for you<br />to see, really.</p>
|
|
828
|
+
<p begin="0:48:38.100" dur="0:00:01.633">I put my hand under here.</p>
|
|
829
|
+
<p begin="0:48:39.733" dur="0:00:02.467">Maybe some of you can see<br />some white stuff</p>
|
|
830
|
+
<p begin="0:48:42.200" dur="0:00:04.033">but it's no longer milk--<br />really a clear liquid.</p>
|
|
831
|
+
<p begin="0:48:46.233" dur="0:00:01.800">Here you see<br />some white stuff here</p>
|
|
832
|
+
<p begin="0:48:48.033" dur="0:00:01.800">but it's also on the side.</p>
|
|
833
|
+
<p begin="0:48:49.833" dur="0:00:04.500">You can actually see it here.</p>
|
|
834
|
+
<p begin="0:48:54.333" dur="0:00:02.000">You see the white stuff</p>
|
|
835
|
+
<p begin="0:48:56.333" dur="0:00:01.867">because this was<br />the direction of gravity</p>
|
|
836
|
+
<p begin="0:48:58.200" dur="0:00:02.066">so it ended up here<br />and there's some here.</p>
|
|
837
|
+
<p begin="0:49:00.266" dur="0:00:02.300">It is completely clear.</p>
|
|
838
|
+
<p begin="0:49:02.566" dur="0:00:02.900">You see the white stuff?</p>
|
|
839
|
+
<p begin="0:49:05.466" dur="0:00:08.000">So that's the way that you can<br />separate the silver chloride.</p>
|
|
840
|
+
<p begin="0:49:13.466" dur="0:00:07.267">So now we come to this<br />daredevil, daredevil experiment.</p>
|
|
841
|
+
<p begin="0:49:20.733" dur="0:00:02.333">And we're going to see</p>
|
|
842
|
+
<p begin="0:49:23.066" dur="0:00:04.167">whether we can fool the water<br />and make the water think</p>
|
|
843
|
+
<p begin="0:49:27.233" dur="0:00:03.800">that gravity is not in this<br />direction but in this direction.</p>
|
|
844
|
+
<p begin="0:49:31.033" dur="0:00:01.867">Now, you're doing<br />the right thing, there.</p>
|
|
845
|
+
<p begin="0:49:32.900" dur="0:00:01.266">(<i>class laughs</i>)</p>
|
|
846
|
+
<p begin="0:49:34.166" dur="0:00:02.400">I don't blame you at all.</p>
|
|
847
|
+
<p begin="0:49:36.566" dur="0:00:01.867">(<i>Lewin chuckling</i>)</p>
|
|
848
|
+
<p begin="0:49:38.433" dur="0:00:03.300">Okay...</p>
|
|
849
|
+
<p begin="0:49:41.733" dur="0:00:02.600">There we go!</p>
|
|
850
|
+
<p begin="0:49:44.333" dur="0:00:02.467">You see the water<br />is completely fooled</p>
|
|
851
|
+
<p begin="0:49:46.800" dur="0:00:01.333">and notice that I go around</p>
|
|
852
|
+
<p begin="0:49:48.133" dur="0:00:03.167">substantially faster<br />than in two seconds.</p>
|
|
853
|
+
<p begin="0:49:51.300" dur="0:00:01.500">And the water,<br />when it's up there</p>
|
|
854
|
+
<p begin="0:49:52.800" dur="0:00:03.466">just thinks that gravity is<br />towards the ceiling.</p>
|
|
855
|
+
<p begin="0:49:56.266" dur="0:00:01.200">Physics works.</p>
|
|
856
|
+
<p begin="0:49:57.466" dur="0:00:02.000">Now, who is going to do<br />this for me, too?</p>
|
|
857
|
+
<p begin="0:49:59.466" dur="0:00:01.267">(<i>class laughs</i>)</p>
|
|
858
|
+
<p begin="0:50:00.733" dur="0:00:03.000">Please, someone should try this.</p>
|
|
859
|
+
<p begin="0:50:03.733" dur="0:00:02.833">You think you can do it?</p>
|
|
860
|
+
<p begin="0:50:06.566" dur="0:00:02.100">Come on, try it.</p>
|
|
861
|
+
<p begin="0:50:08.666" dur="0:00:02.367">In the worst case,<br />it will be a disaster.</p>
|
|
862
|
+
<p begin="0:50:11.033" dur="0:00:03.333">(<i>class laughs</i>)</p>
|
|
863
|
+
<p begin="0:50:14.366" dur="0:00:02.067">Okay, get some feel for it,<br />but before you do it</p>
|
|
864
|
+
<p begin="0:50:16.433" dur="0:00:03.367">make sure<br />that I'm out of the way.</p>
|
|
865
|
+
<p begin="0:50:19.800" dur="0:00:03.700">But first swing it a little and<br />don't hold it too close to you</p>
|
|
866
|
+
<p begin="0:50:23.500" dur="0:00:02.366">because I don't want you<br />to get hurt.</p>
|
|
867
|
+
<p begin="0:50:25.866" dur="0:00:02.467">Larger swing, larger, larger.</p>
|
|
868
|
+
<p begin="0:50:28.333" dur="0:00:01.467">Now you get some feel for it.</p>
|
|
869
|
+
<p begin="0:50:29.800" dur="0:00:02.766">Go for it, now!</p>
|
|
870
|
+
<p begin="0:50:32.566" dur="0:00:01.267">Yeah, faster!</p>
|
|
871
|
+
<p begin="0:50:33.833" dur="0:00:03.633">(<i>class laughs</i>)</p>
|
|
872
|
+
<p begin="0:50:37.466" dur="0:00:01.334">That was very good.</p>
|
|
873
|
+
<p begin="0:50:38.800" dur="0:00:01.300">(<i>class laughs and applauds</i>)</p>
|
|
874
|
+
<p begin="0:50:40.100" dur="0:00:01.133">See you Friday.</p>
|
|
875
|
+
<p begin="0:50:41.233" dur="0:00:01.700">(<i>applause</i>)</p>
|
|
876
|
+
|
|
877
|
+
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|
|
878
|
+
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|
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