Smartphone and Tablet Models of the Galaxies

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Smartphone and Tablet Models of the Galaxies Genius by Stephen Hawking

Premiered May 31, 2016

Smartphone and Tablet Models of the Galaxies

Using smartphones and tablets to measure how far apart the Milky Way is from Andromeda.

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Can three volunteers to measure the solar system and universe to find out where we are?

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Where Are We?

Demonstration finding the distance between the moon and the Earth.

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How Far Apart Are the Moon and the Earth?

The Earth rotates, and where you are changes how you see the universe.

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Pendulum Experiment

Using smartphones and tablets to measure how far apart the Milky Way is from Andromeda.

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Genius by Stephen Hawking

In Genius by Stephen Hawking, Professor Stephen Hawking challenges a selection of volunteers to think like the greatest geniuses in history and solve some of humanity's most enduring questions.