Hatrack River Writers Workshop: Science and slo-mo slinky

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Posted by LDWriter2 (Member # 9148) on :

Watch the top of the slinky dropped from the building, it can take a second to see that it is dropping.

Falling slinky

Very interesting. The video--down the page--goes into the science of it.

And in the scenes with the guy in the suit dropping one while standing. Watch his head move.

Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :

Physics-in-action was always the most impressive part of class...