Physics of Toys: Mechanical

Overview

Perhaps no other physicist played with toys more than Prof. Miller. And Miller played with toys to find out ""Why is it so?"" In this first of three programs on the physics of toys, Miller recounts principles learned in Episodes 1, 6, and 8. His toys include a walking Pluto dog, a circus smokestack, and a unicyclist (which Miller calls a ""monocyclist"").