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#ICYMI: Cosmic Queries: The Physics of Soccer

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🗓️ 1 June 2017

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s off-season episode of Playing with Science, hosts Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice answer fan-submitted questions about soccer, with a little help on the science of “the beautiful game” from returning fan-favorite physicist John Eric Goff. Don’t miss an episode of Playing with Science. Subscribe to our channels on: TuneIn: http://www.tunein.com/playingwithscience Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/playing-with-science/id1198280360?mt=2 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/startalk/playing-with-science SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/startalk_playing-with-science GooglePlay Music: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iimke5bwpoh2nb25swchmw6kzjq NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Find out more at https://www.startalkradio.net/startalk-all-access/

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0:00.0

I'm Gary Aureli.

0:11.9

I'm Gary Aureli.

0:12.9

I'm Chuck Nice.

0:13.9

And this is playing with science.

0:16.6

Because of the constant request from so many of our listeners for a soccer-based show,

0:21.6

we decided to speak to the boss, yes, Neil to Grass Tyson, and ask him if we could give

0:25.5

it the cosmic query treatment, and let you the listeners decide which direction the

0:29.8

show should take with your questions.

0:32.9

And bringing the science in to answer those questions will be our good friend, physics

0:37.1

professor Eric Goff from Linsburg College in Virginia, author of Gold Medal Physics,

0:43.2

and all around sports guru and super soccer fan.

0:48.4

Yes.

0:49.4

So stick around because we are going to get to grips with probably the greatest free kick

0:53.8

of all time, bringing you to science and plenty more.

0:57.4

And for once, I get to play my own back out, which should be fun.

1:01.4

I know.

1:02.4

This is your show, my friend.

1:03.6

Yes.

1:04.6

And we're just going to sit back and learn something here.

1:07.8

We got Eric Goff, who will give us the physics, and then we have a professional footballer

1:12.8

here, who will give us the experience.

1:14.8

And I'm just going to go home.

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