Science Notes

By Stephen Rowcliffe, et al.

Issue 329 | Page 11 | Published Jun 2008

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-11 Brewing ginger beer - Stephen Rowcliffe -14 The geometric mean in physics - Stuart Leadstone -18 Role-play and simulation: human waves and deflected droplets - J. C. E. Potter -20 Balloons! It's all puff: the physics behind inflating ba

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