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Transportation and Science Humor

By Transportation
Created 11/30/2012 - 4:16pm
Submitted by Transportation on Fri, 11/30/2012 - 4:16pm
Type of Article: 
News (legacy)
Main webpage: 
Transportation Library [1]
Brief Description: 
transportation humor

From the creator of the online comic XKCD, the related What-if XKCD considers if it might be possible to

stop a locomotive with a BB gun. [2] A rigorous application of physics suggests it's possible, but only under some extreme conditions.

Source URL: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/news-legacy/2012/november/transportation-and-science-humor

Links:
[1] http://www.library.northwestern.edu/libraries-collections/evanston-campus/transportation-library
[2] http://what-if.xkcd.com/18/
[3] http://www.library.northwestern.edu/related-pages/transportation-humor