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Spotlight Preview - MIT OCW's “3D Kinematics and Free Falling Reference Frames”

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Part of course 8.01 Physics I: Classical Mechanics Fall 1999

In this must-see episode of Classical Mechanics, Professor Lewin demonstrates free fall by shooting Robert the Monkey with a golf ball (the action begins at 47:30). In the words of one YouTube user, "Robert! Nooooo!"

See the whole video on MIT OCW here.

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