Scientists get down too

Posted on November 20, 2008

If you’ve ever taken a phyiscs course, you may recognize there are some concepts (centripetal force, momentum) that apply to breaking. There are even a few websites that talk about the physics of breaking (Each website is entitled the “The Physics of Breaking”):

Scientifically speaking, physics is a great way to explain how to do certain moves. But it also goes both directions. Breaking can also be used to describe science concepts. While physics stands out, Josh Fisher, a Ph.D student at Berkeley, uses breaking to visually describe his thesis, “The land-atmosphere water flux across plant, ecosystem, global and social scales.” This was done as a part of the 2009 AAAS Science Dance Contest.  

Here is his piece:

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  1. Damn, those websites are crazy. Especially with those 90’s animated gifs. But for real this is interesting stuff. The video is down for now but I’d love to see it.

    Comment by Paul - MTAS — November 21, 2008 #

  2. Just found this: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Science/story?id=6299587&page=1

    They mention the same guy that’s in the video above.

    Comment by Paul - MTAS — November 21, 2008 #

  3. Thanks for the heads up, I’ll see if I can find the video again.

    There was another Physics of Breaking website that I stumbled on 5 or so years ago that was even crazier but I couldn’t find it. It was pretty dope

    Comment by boon — November 21, 2008 #

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