Ideas Worth Exploring
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Ideas Worth Exploring
Archimedes’ Principle of Floatiness
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Mark McDonald
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Season 1
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Episode 15
How do ducks float? Is it because they’re made of wood? Well, why does wood float? The answer, in a way, has to do with a naked man and a crown. But the real answer is found in the physics of buoyancy. This episode is all about buoyancy, the upward force you feel when floating in fluid.