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Rhett Allain

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Rhett Allain is an associate professor of physics at Southeastern Louisiana University. He enjoys teaching and talking about physics. Sometimes he takes things apart and can't put them back together.

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Modeling a One Dimensional Collision

Nov 14, 2013 8:26 AM

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Video Analysis of a Tank Round

Nov 12, 2013 8:26 AM

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Security Theater and Learning Theater

Nov 8, 2013 9:37 AM

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Does Smaug Have Enough Gold?

Nov 6, 2013 8:27 AM

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Numerical Calculations With Gauss's Law

Nov 4, 2013 8:16 AM

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A Media Guide for Physics

Oct 31, 2013 8:31 AM

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Physics of the New SHIELD Helicarrier

Oct 29, 2013 8:29 AM

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Lies, Damn Lies, and Progress Bars

Oct 25, 2013 8:58 AM

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A Mole of Humans

Oct 23, 2013 8:19 AM

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Where Is the Accelerometer in an iPhone?

Oct 22, 2013 8:28 AM

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Telling You the Answer Isn't the Answer

Oct 18, 2013 8:34 AM

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Do Heavier Objects Really Fall Faster?

Oct 16, 2013 8:26 AM

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Acceleration of the SpaceX Grasshopper

Oct 14, 2013 8:26 AM

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Looking Back at the Red Bull Stratos Jump

Oct 11, 2013 8:42 AM

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Is This Knife Ping Pong Video Real or Fake?

Oct 10, 2013 8:25 AM

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An Alternate Energy Source in Monsters Inc

Oct 8, 2013 8:28 AM

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A Closer Look at Newton's Third Law

Oct 3, 2013 8:16 AM

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What's the Acceleration of a Jumping Grasshopper?

Oct 1, 2013 8:32 AM

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Parallax and the iOS 7 Wallpaper

Sep 26, 2013 8:29 AM

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How Much Would These DIRECTV Super Fans Weigh?

Sep 24, 2013 8:42 AM