How to be Crushed by the Atmosphere!

submitted by Huzzaz on 04/03/19 1

Try Audible for 30 days visit www.audible.com/ok or text ok to 500 500! SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Air. I bet you never even notice that it’s there. Yet you are swimming in an ocean of it every day. If there’s a literal ton of air pressing down on you all the time, so why don’t we feel it? We look back at the history of physics to learn how we figured out air pressure, why vacuums don’t suck, and how people like Galileo, Torricelli, and Otto von Guericke changed science forever with a few simple experiments. #AirPressure #Physics #Atmosphere DISCLAIMER: Do not perform the trash bag experiment without adult supervision. Always have a helper nearby so you don’t get trapped in the bag. And never ever put your head inside a trash bag, ever. Here’s how to try it yourself: exploratorium.edu/snacks/feeling-pressured ----------- REFERENCES: Walker, Gabrielle. An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008. ----------- FOLLOW US for more curiosity: Twitter www.twitter.com/DrJoeHanson www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram www.instagram.com/DrJoeHanson www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart Merch store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smart Facebook www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmart Books from our episodes: smart-books.tumblr.com/

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