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Crash Course Physics
Motion in a Straight Line: Crash Course Physics #1
Season 1
Episode 1
In this, THE FIRST EPISODE of Crash Course Physics, your host Dr. Shini Somara introduces us to the ideas of motion in a straight line. She talks about displacement, acceleration, time, velocity, and the definition of acceleration.
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