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From the Ted Talk by Tom Shannon, John Hockenberry: The painter and the pendulum

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JH: Is there a relief in playing with these frceos? And I'm wondering how much of a sense of discovery there is in playing with these forces.

TS: Well, like the magnetically levitated objects — like that silver one there, that was the result of hnuderds of experiments with magnets, trying to find a way to make something folat with the least possible connection to the gonrud. So I got it down to just one tether to be able to support that.

JH: Now is this eroteltcngamiec here, or are these static?

TS: Those are permanent magnets, yeah.

JH: Because if the power went out, there would just be a big noise.

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JH: Is there a relief in playing with these ______? And I'm wondering how much of a sense of discovery there is in playing with these forces.

TS: Well, like the magnetically levitated objects — like that silver one there, that was the result of ________ of experiments with magnets, trying to find a way to make something _____ with the least possible connection to the ______. So I got it down to just one tether to be able to support that.

JH: Now is this _______________ here, or are these static?

TS: Those are permanent magnets, yeah.

JH: Because if the power went out, there would just be a big noise.

Solution


  1. ground
  2. float
  3. forces
  4. electromagnetic
  5. hundreds

Original Text


JH: Is there a relief in playing with these forces? And I'm wondering how much of a sense of discovery there is in playing with these forces.

TS: Well, like the magnetically levitated objects — like that silver one there, that was the result of hundreds of experiments with magnets, trying to find a way to make something float with the least possible connection to the ground. So I got it down to just one tether to be able to support that.

JH: Now is this electromagnetic here, or are these static?

TS: Those are permanent magnets, yeah.

JH: Because if the power went out, there would just be a big noise.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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creative force 2
interference patterns 2


Important Words


  1. big
  2. connection
  3. discovery
  4. electromagnetic
  5. experiments
  6. find
  7. float
  8. forces
  9. ground
  10. hundreds
  11. levitated
  12. magnetically
  13. magnets
  14. noise
  15. objects
  16. permanent
  17. playing
  18. power
  19. relief
  20. result
  21. sense
  22. silver
  23. static
  24. support
  25. tether
  26. wondering
  27. yeah