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Alan Alda has issued this year's challenge to the world's top scientists: What is sound? In an action-packed hour of interactive demonstrations, Alan and a team of communication experts invite the audience to explore what we hear, how we hear, and what that means for different species. The program also highlights the winners of the 2016 Flame Challenge, in which video and written explanations of sound were judged for clarity’s sake…by 20,000 eleven year-olds.Learn More
TOPICS: Physics & Math, Youth & Education
TAGS: 2016, Acoustician, Alan Alda, Bioacoustician, challenge, Eddie Goldstein, Expert, Laura Kloepper, New York City, NYC, physics, Scientific Communications, string theory, The Flame Challenge, What is Sound?, Whitney Coyle, Winners
PLAYLISTS: Youth & Family
Video Duration: 01:15:07
Original Program Date: Sunday, June 5, 2016
Alan Alda has issued this year's challenge to the world's top scientists: What is sound? In an action-packed hour of interactive demonstrations, Alan and a team of communication experts invite the audience to explore what we hear, how we hear, and what that means for different species. The program also highlights the winners of the 2016 Flame Challenge, in which video and written explanations of sound were judged for clarity’s sake…by 20,000 eleven year-olds.Learn More
TOPICS: Art & Science, Biology & Origins of Life, Earth & Environment, Mind & Brain, Physics & Math, Science in Society, Science Unplugged, Space & The Cosmos, Technology & Engineering, Your Daily Equation, Youth & Education
TAGS: 2016, Acoustician, Alan Alda, Bioacoustician, challenge, Eddie Goldstein, Expert, Laura Kloepper, New York City, NYC, physics, Scientific Communications, string theory, The Flame Challenge, What is Sound?, Whitney Coyle, Winners, 2016, Acoustician, Alan Alda, Bioacoustician, challenge, Eddie Goldstein, Expert, Laura Kloepper, New York City, NYC, physics, Scientific Communications, string theory, The Flame Challenge, What is Sound?, Whitney Coyle, Winners
PLAYLISTS: Youth & Family
Video Duration: 01:15:07
Original Program Date: Sunday, June 5, 2016
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