Why Is It So? — Season 1, Episode 12: The Strange Behavior of Rolling Things

Episode synopsis

All hoops roll alike, says Miller, and all disks beat all hoops when they race downhill. Thus Miller sends disks, hooops, and spheres rolling.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Idea of the Center of Gravity
• E2Newton's First Law of Motion-Inertia
• E33. Newton's Second Law of Motion – The Elevator Problem
• E4Newton's Third Law of Motion – Momentum
• E5Energy and Momentum
• E6Concerning Falling Bodies and Projectiles
• E7The Simple Pendulum and Other Oscillating Things
• E8Adventures with Bernoulli
• E9Soap Bubbles and Soap Films
• E10Atmospheric Pressure – The Properties of Gases
• E11Centrifugal Force and Other Strange Matters
• E13Archimedes' Principle