Things You Thought You Knew – Faster Than Light
15 July - 30 minsWhat’s up with the fourth dimension? Can anything travel faster than light? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice explore things you thought you knew about dimensions, tachyons, and isotopes.
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