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Playing with Science Time Capsule Season 1 & 2

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Star Talk, Nature, Scientist, Education, Astronomy, Astronomer, Physics, Earth Science, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Startalk, Cosmos, Science, Spacetime, Universe, Astrophysics, Astrophysicist, Quantum Physics, Space, Climate Science, Multiverse, Nasa

4.614.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Check out the best of Playing with Science as chosen by StarTalk fans when hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore the science behind basketball, surfing, martial arts, hockey and more featuring guests Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lance Armstrong, and others. Don’t miss an episode of Playing with Science. Subscribe to our channels on: TuneIn: tunein.com/playingwithscience Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/playing-with-science/id1198280360 GooglePlay Music: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iimke5bwpoh2nb25swchmw6kzjq SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/startalk_playing-with-science Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/startalk/playing-with-science NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://www.startalkradio.net/all-access/playing-with-science-time-capsule-season-1-and-2/ Photo credits, clockwise from top left: Erik Aeder/Courtesy of www.paigealms(dot)com; Ben Ratner; Ben Ratner; Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.); Ben Ratner; NY Riveters.

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0:00.0

You're...

0:26.0

I'm Gary A. Riley.

0:27.0

You got some nice.

0:28.0

Yes.

0:29.0

He's playing with science.

0:34.0

This week we bring you a special episode.

0:37.0

That's right.

0:38.0

We set out a survey and asked you to vote for your favorite episodes of 2017.

0:41.0

And we've compiled moments from the winning picks into this special time capsule episode smash up.

0:47.0

Let's start off with our favorite episode of 2017.

0:50.0

Fight like a physicist.

0:52.0

In this one, our good friend, physics professor Eric Goff of Lynchburg College,

0:57.0

breaks down the science behind Krav Maga

1:00.0

and teaches us how to throw a mean punch according to physics.

1:04.0

Check it out.

1:06.0

We are talking martial arts and the physics they're in.

1:11.0

And joining us now is our very good friend, professor Eric Goff.

1:16.0

Not just a man with a plan, but a man with a book coming out next year.

1:19.0

That'll be 2018.

1:21.0

The science behind Krav Maga, which if I'm not mistaken, professor,

1:25.0

is the hand to hand martial arts of the Israeli military, is it not?

1:30.0

That's right.

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