The science of static electricity - Anuradha Bhagwat
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We’ve all had the experience: you’re walking across a soft carpet, you reach for the doorknob and … ZAP. But what causes this trademark jolt of static electricity? Anuradha Bhagwat sheds light on the phenomenon by examining the nature of matter.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Anuradha Bhagwat
- Director Outis
- Sound Designer Cem Misirlioglu
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Narrator Pen-Pen Chen
