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Pendulum Experiment

Season 1 Episode 6

The Earth rotates, and where you are changes how you see the universe.

We are introduced to Foucault’s pendulum. Moving under the influence of gravity, over the course of a day the pendulum’s direction of swing will move, a bit like the hands of a clock. But what was the source of the rotation?

AIR DATE 5/31/16

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