Physics of Braveheart
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My father and I are currently watching Braveheart and there were many parts I noticed that had physics in it. The first part I noticed this was when William Wallace gets into a challenge with some big dude and they decide to peacefully resolve the conflict by throwing rocks at each other. First, the big dude throws a huge rock at Wallace, thinking that bigger is better and I agree that had he hit Wallace with the rock, he would be in serious trouble because the momentum and impulse of the rock hitting him would be very large because the mass is larger, however the rock was moving slower and its much harder to aim with a large rock. After this impressive display, it is Wallace's turn, and he cleverly picks up a small stone, and then quickly whips it at the big dudes head and he gets knocked out cold. The momentum and impulses of the of the rocks hitting the people would have probably been pretty similar to each other because although the mass of Wallace's rock was smaller, he had a greater velocity on it, doing just about the same damage to the big bloke. I guess that was all the physics that was really noticeable.
But the Sabres won again!! Go Sabres:cold:
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