Laurie winkles is one of the world's greatest exponents of friction and surfaces. She talks to us about what we can learn from mother nature, including a fern that repells water by its surface. And she also explains why four fingers never looked right when drawn by an animato.
What are Van der Waals forces? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore the fascinating world of surfaces, biomimicry, and Formula 1 with physicist and author of Sticky: The Science of Surfaces, Laurie Winkless.
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