Spinning Brains Feature Summary

Type:
Physics at Home
Title:
Spinning Brains
Description:
Try experiencing the Coriolis effect next time you ride on a merry-go-round, just like in this video from the University of Illinois at Champagne-Urbana.

- Read more about the video and also about humans in rotating systems at Spinning Brains, an article from NASA.
- If you don't have a merry-go-round nearby, you can still see the Coriolis effect through this simulation.
- For more, visit Bad Coriolis, from Pennsylvania State University.
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July 16, 2009 - August 1, 2009