T trick shots have a real role in competitive billiards. We talk to one of the world's experts, mon who thinks about the Physics of Billiards. And we also hear some of the cultureof what it is to be abate.
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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