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Eureka!Fluid Mechanics: Floating and Flowing

26 min

Available from 06/07/2025

By the end of the Neolithic period, humans had discovered how to channel water. After learning to tame rivers and protect themselves from floods, mankind is now able to digitally simulate climate models on a planetary scale. This episode explores the big discoveries of fluid mechanics.

Director

Benjamin Barbelet

Country

France

Year

2021

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