Why Is It So?
Season 1, Episode 12: The Strange Behavior of Rolling Things
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All hoops roll alike, says Miller, and all disks beat all hoops when they race downhill. Thus Miller sends disks, hooops, and spheres rolling.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
The Idea of the Center of Gravity
Episode 2
Newton's First Law of Motion-Inertia
Episode 3
3. Newton's Second Law of Motion – The Elevator Problem
Episode 4
Newton's Third Law of Motion – Momentum
Episode 5
Energy and Momentum
Episode 6
Concerning Falling Bodies and Projectiles
Episode 7
The Simple Pendulum and Other Oscillating Things
Episode 8
Adventures with Bernoulli
Episode 9
Soap Bubbles and Soap Films
Episode 10
Atmospheric Pressure – The Properties of Gases
Episode 11
Centrifugal Force and Other Strange Matters
Episode 12
The Strange Behavior of Rolling Things
Episode 13
Archimedes' Principle
Episode 14
Pascal's Principle – The Properties of Liquids
Episode 15
Levers, Inclined Planes, Geared-Wheels and Other Simple Machines