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Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In the new 2020 high-definition program, learn the basic physics concepts that keep you in your roller-coaster cart and your cart on the track through the death-defying plunges and hairpin turns. What is the difference between speed and velocity? What is the formula for Gravitational Potential Energy? What is the Law of Conservation of Energy? What is friction? What is the acceleration? How do they engineer a roller coaster?
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This tells how Alton Towers launched Oblivion, the world's first vertical drop roller-coaster. Alton Towers has been successful in pulling in families, but is losing its thrill-seeking customers. Marketing staff hope Oblivion will change all that. Much of their 5m marketing budget goes on a TV advert campaign for the new ride. The advert has to be exciting enough to appeal to teenagers, but not so scary that it will put off families. They use public...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Have you ever been morbidly curious about death, violence, or evil? Do you have a fascination with horror movies and love being terrified on roller coasters? Explore how psychologists and philosophers describe the benefits of our fascination with the dark side. As you grapple with death, anger, fear, and dark thoughts, you’ll learn a tremendous amount about yourself and what it means to be human.
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