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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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  • Educator Anuradha Bhagwat
  • Director Outis
  • Sound Designer Cem Misirlioglu
  • Script Editor Alex Gendler
  • Narrator Pen-Pen Chen

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