Multiple bank shots are, to me, one of the coolest things that you can see ery when youre playing pool. The diamond system for aiming these types of shots was developed hundreds of years ago. And they came up with these systems to aim certain types of shots in a game called billiards.
What was Coriolis, of the Coriolis Effect, doing at the pool table? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice explore the science behind billiards and pool trick shots with billiard physicist Dr. Dave Alciatore.
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