How heavy is air? - Dan Quinn
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Too often we think of air as empty space — but compared to a vacuum, air is actually pretty heavy. So, just how heavy is it? And if it’s so heavy, why doesn’t it crush us? Dan Quinn describes the fundamentals of air pressure and explains how it affects our bodies, the weather and the universe at large.
How might you design a pressure sensor, that is, a device that measures the pressure at a point in a fluid?
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- Educator Dan Quinn
- Director Sandro Katamashvili
- Animator Gogi Kamushadze
- Narrator Michelle Snow
