Sep 3, 2015 06:49 AM
http://sparkonit.com/2015/09/01/physics-...mpossible/
EXCERPT: [...] there is a lot of physics – cohesion, adhesion and air resistance – going on in raindrops. [...] In the latest episode of MinutePhysics, Henry Reich explains the physics that makes raindrops mathematically impossible to explain.
[...] If a water droplet is below a certain size, making it bigger requires more surface area energy than is released from volume energy. It means raindrops do not grow, they shrink as they fall. So if they shrink, perhaps they should disappear before they hit the ground...
"[...] for water droplets it’s somewhere around a few million molecules; way too many to randomly clump together in less than the age of the universe! [...]” says Henry. If something that cannot be explained by science is called magic, should raindrops be considered magic then, just because it is mathematically impossible? Watch the video below and see if it changes your perspective about raindrops....
EXCERPT: [...] there is a lot of physics – cohesion, adhesion and air resistance – going on in raindrops. [...] In the latest episode of MinutePhysics, Henry Reich explains the physics that makes raindrops mathematically impossible to explain.
[...] If a water droplet is below a certain size, making it bigger requires more surface area energy than is released from volume energy. It means raindrops do not grow, they shrink as they fall. So if they shrink, perhaps they should disappear before they hit the ground...
"[...] for water droplets it’s somewhere around a few million molecules; way too many to randomly clump together in less than the age of the universe! [...]” says Henry. If something that cannot be explained by science is called magic, should raindrops be considered magic then, just because it is mathematically impossible? Watch the video below and see if it changes your perspective about raindrops....