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Gravitational G and How Science Works
Gravitational G and How Science Works
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Length:
68 minutes
Released:
Jun 17, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Zak and Derek discuss the "controversial" value of Newton's gravitational constant G. They cover the history of its measurement and how the value (and confidence in that value) has changed over time.
Gravitational G wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_constant
Relative uncertainty of phsyical constants: https://codata.org/blog/2015/08/04/codata-recommended-values-of-the-fundamental-physical-constants-2014/
Different G experiments with uncertainty bars: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344933668/figure/fig2/AS:1019607263477760@1620104723443/The-eleven-values-of-G-adopted-in-CODATA-2014-after-2000-and-our-latest-two-values.pngThe podcast lives at https://www.thehyperfine.com/
Join our listener community on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheHyperfine/
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Derek on Instagram (and Twitter) @liketortilla: https://www.instagram.com/liketortilla/
Zak on Twitter @phyzaks: https://twitter.com/phyzaks
Gravitational G wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_constant
Relative uncertainty of phsyical constants: https://codata.org/blog/2015/08/04/codata-recommended-values-of-the-fundamental-physical-constants-2014/
Different G experiments with uncertainty bars: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344933668/figure/fig2/AS:1019607263477760@1620104723443/The-eleven-values-of-G-adopted-in-CODATA-2014-after-2000-and-our-latest-two-values.pngThe podcast lives at https://www.thehyperfine.com/
Join our listener community on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheHyperfine/
Follow the show on Instagram @thehyperfine: https://www.instagram.com/thehyperfine/
Derek on Instagram (and Twitter) @liketortilla: https://www.instagram.com/liketortilla/
Zak on Twitter @phyzaks: https://twitter.com/phyzaks
Released:
Jun 17, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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