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Physics Girl
Does height matter in sports?
Season 1
Episode 32
Some sports attract tall athletes and some are dominated by athletes with a shorter stature. The study of allometry investigates how strength scales with height. According to science, what are the reasons that certain sports attract tall or short athletes?
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