Balancing a Ruler - Numberphile

2017-01-05

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How to find a ruler's centre of gravity.

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A few of our Tadashi videos blur the already blurry line between mathematics and physics... Some people suggest they may be a better fit on Brady's dedicated physics channel (called Sixty Symbols).

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1) Tadashi, while certainly a modern polymath, is based in a mathematics department.

2) This sub series (with its animation and extra production work) has been supported by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, a Numberphile collaborator.

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In a multi-disciplinary world, it is challenging to run YouTube channels which people come to associate with just one discipline.

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