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Physics Girl
Experiments with $100,000+ Speakers
Season 4
Episode 5
Join Physics Girl and PBS Digital Studios' new show SoundField as they experiment with giant $100,000 speakers and aim them at your body parts looking for resonance, at oobleck, at google eyes, and at candles to explore the physics of sound.
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