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A Materials World

Feb 12, 2021 · 55 min · Season 11 · Episode 87 · 53.7 MB
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It’s a materials world! Neil deGrasse Tyson, co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly, and Georgia Tech engineer Jud Ready explore how material science has impacted sports from tracks to swimsuits to golf balls to pole vaulting.

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