The Speed of Sound

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Sound travels fast. Very fast. However, it is not so fast that we can’t recognize that it has a finite speed. The speed of sound was estimated and later measured centuries ago, but it was only recently that it has been possible actually travel faster than the speed of sound. It turns out that while it is possible to travel faster than the speed of sound, there are a whole host of problems that go along with it. Learn more about the speed of sound on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Newspapers.com is like a time machine. Dive into their extensive online archives to explore history as it happened. With over 800 million digitized newspaper pages spanning three centuries, Newspapers.com provides an unparalleled gateway to the past, with papers from the US, UK, Canada, Australia and beyond. Use the code “EverythingEverywhere” at checkout to get 20% off a publisher extra subscription at newspapers.com. ButcherBox ButcherBox is the perfect solution for anyone looking to eat high-quality, sustainably sourced meat without the hassle of going to the grocery store. With ButcherBox, you can enjoy a variety of grass-fed beef, heritage pork, free-range chicken, and wild-caught seafood delivered straight to your door every month. ButcherBox.com/Daily Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sound travels fast, very fast. However, it's not so fast that we can't recognize the fact that it has a finite speed.
0:08.0	The speed of sound was estimated in later measured centuries ago,
0:12.0	but it was only recently that it's been possible to actually
0:14.7	travel faster than the speed of sound.
0:17.5	It turns out that while it's possible to travel faster than the speed of sound, there's a whole
0:21.9	host of problems that go along with it.
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1:10.0	Before I get too far into the speed of sound, I should at least briefly explain what sound is and how it works.
1:20.0	Sound is nothing more than a wave that travels through a material medium.
1:24.0	We mostly encounter sound waves as it travels through air, but it can also travel through solids and liquids as well.
1:30.0	A sound wave is not so much of the movement of atoms and molecules as it is energy going through those particles.
1:37.0	One particle is pushed slightly, which pushes the particle next to it, which pushes the particle next to it, and so on.
1:43.7	What is moving through the medium is kinetic energy.
1:47.0	The maximum speed that these waves can go through something is called the speed of sound. Unlike light, there is no one speed of sound.
1:56.0	The speed of sound will differ depending on the substance that the sound wave is moving through.
2:00.0	Generally speaking, sound moves faster through solids than
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