50. Whirled music

from Science Teaching Tips · host Stephanie Chasteen

Geeks have strange hobbies. Staff physicist Paul Doherty plays the corrugated plastic tube, also known as a “whirly,” and explains the surprising science behind the sound. The science of whirlies: www.exo.net/~pauld/summer_institute/summer_day13music/Whirly.html and http://isaac.exploratorium.edu/~pauld/activities/AAAS/aaas2001.html

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