conceptual physics the old tablecloth trick

paul hewitt demos, using humor, inertia and physics pulling a tablecloth out from under a table full of plates and glasses and not moving or breaking anything.

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Education

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• paul
• hewitt
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• old
• tablecloth
• trick
• humor

[Ihkueren]

This guy cracks me up. PERFECT model of what a teacher should be.

I wish he was still teaching @ CCSF.

[google2boogle]

sounds liek a really good teacher

[Diemedes]

That awkward moment when you try it yourself and brake whatever is on the table.

[Mallllly76]

@Dreldams thank you :)

[Dreldams]

@Mallllly76 you grab the table cloth, and you quickly jerk it away 

[ildisiri]

@stephenieduncan yeah that too :)

[stephenieduncan]

@ildisiri i think the majority of the reason it's a little sloppy is that the table cloth isn't very smooth. the smoother the cloth the better it goes.

[rub1k]

i've seen better, that could have gone wrong

[Mallllly76]

my mum can do this and i'm trying to get her to teach me. only thing is she can't remember how to do it..... :L

[ildisiri]

He is such a good teacher but he did that kinda wrong.The objects on the table moved a lot.According to physics he should be pulling the table cloth completely vertically so the objects move as less as possible.In theory if he pulls the table cloth completely vertically under ideal conditions the objects on the table could stay 'almost' still.Sorry for the bad english I hope u got the message xD

[Miikaika25]

well this takes practice, so it's unreasonable for the average person

[sparkybaz77]

Gang?

Is he a gangster?