Why Is It So? — Season 1, Episode 8: Adventures with Bernoulli

Episode synopsis

A family of 120 bore the name Bernoulli, and they were all geniuses. Miller points out how the Bernoulli principle affects our everyday lives: why two ships must not pass too closely on the sea, how a stream of air can suspend a ball above it, and many other things.

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
• E9Soap Bubbles and Soap Films
• E10Atmospheric Pressure – The Properties of Gases
• E11Centrifugal Force and Other Strange Matters
• E12The Strange Behavior of Rolling Things
• E13Archimedes' Principle