Swinging Ball of Death

In this clip from the 2008 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, Chris Bishop demonstrates the reliability of the laws of physics by conducting an experiment involving a heavy steel ball swinging towards his face at high speed.

You can watch the 2008 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures in full at: http://research.microsoft.com/~cmbishop or by visiting the Royal Institution web site.

There is a dedicated web site to accompany the 2008 Christmas Lectures, with ten interactive games as well as downloadable PDF instructions for experiments which can be conducted at home or at school: http://www.rigb.org/christmaslectures08

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Science & Technology

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• Royal Institution
• Christmas Lectures 2008
• Christopher
• Chris Bishop
• Hitech
• Microsoft Research
• science demonstration
• pendulum
• swinging steel ball
• death
• laws of physics
• ghost in the machine

[machinevos]

@marjan15

It would hit him with the strength of his breath, so it wouldn't matter much.

[travis30384]

This was done in the 1991 lectures

[marjan15]

If someone from the other side of theater would blow into ball when it was coming back it wouldn't be a nice scene.