Doppler traces back to a German physicist who measured the speed of cars. He did it with an orchestra playing on flatbed rail cars before they had automobiles. The only time you see the hear the Doppler is when there's a single camera in the ground and the car goes byYou're actually missing the most beautiful Doppler shift, which would be at 200 miles an hour.
What’s the fastest a car can accelerate? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore goal size to goal scoring ratios, the doppler effect, and the maximum acceleration for a car.
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