Index G
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Gait, Groucho (walking and running), 1.259
Galloping (oscillating) wires, wind induced
cables and transmission lines, 2.129
Le Point de Normandie, bridge cables, 2.129
telephone lines singing, 3.2
Games
Also see Sports and Toys
alphabet diffraction, 6.155
bola, 1.30
boomerang, 2.9
card throwing, 2.10, 2.10
domino toppling, 1.68, 1.68
horseshoe pitching, 1.83
hula hoop, 1.84
laser sideshow game of reflections, 6.67, 6.67
lasso, 1.84
Lego towers, 1.66, 1.272
pool shots, 1.74
reflection game, 6.156
skateboard, 1.82
sling,1.28
snowball, 4.34
soap bubble, 2.122
stacking blocks, 1.66, 1.66
surf skimmer, 2.130
swing, 1.113
tug-of-war, 1.173
two-mirror reflections, 6.156
Garden, physics in a,
aphids and liquid marbles, 2.94
aspen tree brilliance, 6.121
bat finding a flower, 3.25
bees and pollination, electrostatics, 5.32
catapulting mushroom spores, 2.99
fish seen through water surface, 6.84
flower petal color saturation, 6.120
frost heave of stone through ground, 4.29
fountains, pulsating, 2.119
greenhouse warmth, 4.84
growing stones in a garden, 4.29
irridesent plant, 6.118
lotus effect, 2.93
oscillating plants, 1.132
pine needle music, 3.2
seeds that spin, 2.11, 2.11
snow-melting plants, 4.57
solar images beneath tree, 6.103
stones pushed up through ground, 4.29
structural colors, 6.115
tree oscillations in a wind, 1.132
tree, water flow in, 2.136
twining, plants, 1.206
warm plants, 4.57
water striders, 2.80, 2.85, 6.89
watering plants in sunlight, focusing, burning, 6.92
Garfield, President, magnetic search for lethal bullet, 5.41
Garlits, Don, retinal detachment in drag racing stop, 1.11
Gas station fire, cause of spark, 5.9, 5.9
Gastroliths (stomach stones to adjust buoyancy), 2.49
Gaugin, Paul, art and the attraction of bees, 7.54
Geckos
adhesion to walls and ceilings, 5.35
vision, 7.33
Gee-haw whimmy diddle, rotor toy, 1.161
Gegenschein, light scattering by space dust, 6.149
Gems
Alexandrite effect, color shift with change in lighting, 6.96
diamonds, sparkle ruined by grime on the bottom, 6.94
nacre, iridescence and luster due to optical interference, 6.116
opals, colors due to diffraction, 6.95, 6.95
pearls, iridescence and luster due to optical interference, 6.116
star sapphire illusion, 6.93, 6.93
Geomagnetically induced current (GIC), electric transmission disruption, blackouts, 5.47
Geophysics
Earth's magnetic field, 5.39
electrojet, disruption of electric transmission system, 5.47
polygonal fracture patterns, Giant's Causeway, 1.143, 1.143
Geysers
natural, 4.51
rain runoff shafts, dramatic jets, 2.163
Ghost appearance
mist, woman's appearance, 6.31
Pepper's ghost, stage illusion, 6.62
Ghost light, afterimage, 7.16
Giant’s Causeway, polygonal fracture patterns, 1.143, 1.143
GIC (geomagnetic induced current), electric transmission disruption, regional blackouts, 5.47
Giraffe blood pressure when kneeling, 2.47
Girls on the Pier, Munch painting, the missing Moon, 6.61
Glare
elimination by polarizing glasses, 6.126
printed page, 6.160
Glass
flow in old church windows, 2.57
frog, transparency in animals, 6.90
harmonica, music from stick and slip, 3.43
nude-in-the-shower effect, 6.88, 6.90
thermal breaking, wine bottle neck, 4.113
Glasses (eyeglasses)
condensation clearing, 4.66
Lord of the Flies, starting a fire with eyeglasses, 6.93
pinhole reading, 7.33, 7.33
sunglasses
polarizing
printed page glare, 6.160
sky light, 6.126
windshield stress spots made visible, 6.129
UV light transmission, 7.41
yellow ski glasses, 6.56
whiteouts, 6.55
Glaze ice, 4.19
Glitter, sunlight and moonlight, 6.37, 6.39, 6.140
g-LOC (acceleration induced loss of consciousness), 2.46
Glory, atmospheric optics 6.46
Glow
adhesive tape when peeled, 5.17
Andes glow, 5.21
skis when sliding, 5.14
St. Elmo fire, 5.21
wintergreen mints when crushed, 5.19
Glug-glug, sound of emptying beer bottle, 2.120, 2.120
Glycerin
oil blob motion in, 2.143
pattern of water drop into glycerin, 2.152
Goggles (bone, wood, modern) to prevent snowblindness, 6.55
Goldfinger, movie, sucked from airplane through window, 2.158
Golf
ball dimples, aerodynamics, 2.15, 2.15
ball hopping out of cup, ("golfer's dilemma"), 1.36, 1.36
ball skipping on water, 1.94
ball sounds in putting, 3.83
club swing, 1.36
miniature (putt-putt), 1.75
putting, 1.36
Gomboc, self-righting toy, 1.274
Google Earth,
diffraction of waves into harbor, Alexandria, Egypt, 2.165
Grain field
oscillations, 1.132
waves, 6.45
Granular physics
Brazil nut effect
beer enhanced, 2.108
regular, 2.108
drinking glass pushed into sand, 2.175
footsteps on beach bring up water, 2.102
hourglass, 2.107
landslides, mystery of long run-out, 2.115
lifting rice with a rod, 2.125
video of me, The Daily Planet show
quicksand, 2.102, 2.102
video of me, Newton's Apple show
sand
booming and squeaking, 3.69, 3.69
dune formation and migration, 2.111
ripples, 2.110
yardangs and other sand cuttings, 2.112
sandpiles, 2.106
silos, 2.107
splashing, 2.147
Graveyard spooky lights, 6.83
Gravitational slingshot effect, 1.191
Gravity hill, illusion of things going up hill, 1.140
Gray network in vision upon waking, 7.4
Grease calming waves, 2.73
Green flash, setting sun optical effect, 6.24
Green glass, colors, 6.132
Greenhouse
closed-car heating, 4.84
heating process, 4.84, 4.84
Gridlock, traffic, 1.2
Groucho walking, running, 1.259
Ground current, 5.2, 5.3
Ground effect, race cars, 2.1
Guitar string oscillations, 3.33
Guinness stout
bubbles move downward, 2.76, 2.76
widget release of gas, 2.76
video of me, The Daily Planet show
Guitar, electric
amplifier distortion in rock, 5.45
camera inside, string oscillation distortion, 3.94
Hendrix, Jimi, altering induction of pickups, 5.44
Gun sights, radioactive, 6.161
Gurney fire due to gurney acting as a capacitor, 5.16, 5.16
Gurney flap, downforce on race car, 2.1
Gushing of soda, beer, champagne, 2.76
Gyroscopes,
suitcase, prank, 1.105
vehicle, one-wheel, stabilizing, 1.219
Gyrinid beetles colors due to diffraction gratings, 6.115