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Tag: Smarter Every Day

Smarter Every Day – Slow Motion Flipping Cat Physics

July 27, 2020 6:01 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause: The talent here deserved an Oscar.

Hat tip Tom Biggar.

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Smarter Every Day – Mind-Blowing Magic Magnets

April 1, 2020 6:01 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause: Rather than post an April Fool’s prank today, why don’t we see some modern magical engineering that even engineers can’t figure out.

Hat tip Tom Biggar.

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Mystery of Prince Rupert’s Drop

January 29, 2020 6:01 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause: Hat tip Tom Biggar.

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What the Falcon Heavy launch sounded like

February 7, 2018 9:21 pm Robert Zimmerman

Reader and fellow caver Kevin Franke tonight sent me to this link to the Smarter Every Day video of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch, focused less on the visuals and more on the sound of the launch. I have embedded it below. You will need a stereo headset for this to work, but it definitely is worth it.

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The Backwards Brain Bicycle

August 15, 2016 6:01 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause: This is show 133 of a series called Smarter Every Day which has some really entertaining and very educational videos. I especially like his video showing how the drill on Curiosity works. The video below however shows some actual experimentation done by the videographer himself, and is almost profound in it what reveals about the human learning process.

Hat tip Chris McLaughlin.

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A riveting new science fiction book by Robert Zimmerman that captures the heart of the human spirit, willing to push forward no matter the odds, no matter the cost.

 

Available everywhere for $3.99 (before discount) at amazon, Barnes & Noble, all ebook vendors, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit.
 

So now I stand on earthside shore,
And wonder what I am.
I must go out and find my home.
The journey’s what I am.

 

Chorus:
O Pioneer! O Pioneer!
Where do you go from here?
O Pioneer! O Pioneer!
The stars are far too near.

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The ebook edition of Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8 includes a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.

 

Available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from the publisher, Mountain Lake Press.

 
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“Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America’s quest for the moon… Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America’s greatest human triumphs.”
–San Antonio Express-News

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