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PhET Interactive Simulations is part of the University of Colorado Boulder which is a member of the Association of American Universities. [10] The team changes over time and has about 16 members consisting of professors, post-doctoral students, researchers, education specialists, software engineers (sometimes contractors), educators, and administrative assistants. [11]
Foucault's pendulum in the Panthéon, Paris. The Foucault pendulum or Foucault's pendulum is a simple device named after French physicist Léon Foucault, conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the Earth's rotation.
The perch is an equilibristic balancing act where one performer balances atop a pole that is being balanced by another performer. Each perch pole has a loop at the top into which the performer may insert either a hand or a foot in order to perform a variety of tricks while hanging down from the loop.
Balancing acts are one type of Chinese variety art. Chinese variety art (simplified Chinese: 杂技艺术; traditional Chinese: 雜技藝術; pinyin: zá jì yì shù) refers to a wide range of acrobatic acts, balancing acts and other demonstrations of physical skill traditionally performed by a troupe in China.
Phet may refer to: Cyclone Phet, a cyclone formed in the Arabian Sea in 2010; Amphetamine, a psychostimulant drug; PhET Interactive Simulations, interactive science ...
Centrifugal force is a fictitious force in Newtonian mechanics (also called an "inertial" or "pseudo" force) that appears to act on all objects when viewed in a rotating frame of reference. It appears to be directed radially away from the axis of rotation of the frame.
Balancing Act (Italian: Gli equilibristi, French: Les equilibristes) is a 2012 Italian-French drama film directed by Ivano De Matteo. [1] It premiered at the 69th Venice International Film Festival, in which Valerio Mastandrea won the Pasinetti Award. [2] For his performance Mastandrea was also awarded David di Donatello for Best Actor. [3]
The Balancing Act is a compilation album by indie rock band Cool Hand Luke. It contains songs previously released on the band's albums, EP, and vinyl, plus three new songs. It was released in 2007 on Floodgate Records.