Another example of this is the phone book friction episode. Are two interlaced phone books impossible to pull apart by any means. Apr, 2019 mythbusters season 6 episode phonebook friction. It would be a great video to show at the beginning of the study of friction. Can you lift a car using two interleaved phone books. In the latest show, they tested the myth that two phone books with their pages alternating were. Apparently, if you lace two phone books together, one page at a time, the friction created prevents them from being separated. Those devices utilize air jets to keep the stacks of paper separated enough to reduce the friction so that the paper can be fed one sheet at a time. Take two phone books, each about 1 kg about pages and carefully shuffle the pages together, each page of one phone book alternating with a page of the other phone book.
A mythbusters video guide worksheet for the phone book friction episode. Friction is a force that resists the movement of one object against another. When tempers flare during a particularly complicated myth. Mythbusters 2008 season mythbusters results list of. This is exactly what the team investigating the friction of phone books did. Phone book friction on this episode of mythbusters, adam and jamie take a fan mail film and use it to dial in on a phone book fable. Mythbusters 9102008 phone book fiction discussion in now playing tv show talk. Sep 10, 2008 adam and jamie test a myth about a phone book using a viewersubmitted film. Explore friction by launching stuff, from scientific. Watch mythbusters season 6, episode 12 phone book friction. Worksheet goes from the powerpoint to the video questions. Phone book friction 2 1 phone book friction phone book. Mythbusters phonebook friction tv episode 2008 imdb. I think that the build team did a good job of the movie myth, but could have done without it.
Take two phone books and lie them face up, with the spines facing away from each other. A long time ago, a phone book was a book that had an index of phone numbers for everyone in your city. Worksheet does involves an activity that needs playing cards to demonstrate static friction on a smaller scale. Try pulling apart two interleaved phone books and youll inevitably be defeated by huge frictional forces. Feb 19, 2017 mythbusters phone book friction video this is a short video clip from the episode of mythbusters on the discovery channel. Phone book friction science activity at science buddies phone book friction science activity at scientific american making connections. Physicists solve the mystery of interleaved phone books. Can two phone books be pulled apart once they have been interleaved. This is a short video clip from the episode of mythbusters on the discovery channel. Kari, grant and tory tackle a tale about hollywood pyrotechnics. Mythbusters phonebook friction tv episode 2008 photo. Rain, the mythbusters declared the myth plausible but not recommended, due to the danger in driving a car at high speeds on a wet road even though the myth was completely true. Friction, good people, is a wonderfully powerful force. On this episode of mythbusters adam and jamie take a fan mail film and use it to dial in on a phone book fable.
The myth this episode was based on was confirmed by two young men from the netherlands. In the latest show, they tested the myth that two phone books with their pages alternating were indestructible. Find out whether jamie hyneman and adam savages ducttape canoe can survive waves 3 to 4 feet taller than their bow, and see what made adam cry, uh oh. Ninjas and mythbusters go together like matches and. Learn the physics behind the surprisingly powerful force of friction. The team examines how friction is employed to keep two phone books together.
Im hoping that means the bit was recorded during the taping of a later episode which will have an indiana jones myth, or even be. The backoftheenvelope answer is friction between the pages. Mythbusters phone book friction worksheet season 6. Mythbusters 9102008 phone book fiction tivocommunity. Mythbusters phone book friction full episode video. On this easily digestible episode of mythbusters, were testing two mythssuggested by the fans. Physicists solve the mystery of interleaved phone books mit. They test myths to prove or disprove what is real and what is truly urban legend.
The myth goes if you put two of these common household items together there is almost no physical way to pull them apart. The mythbusters, jamie and adam, two special effects experts with over 30 years of experience, set out to methodically bust three urban legends in each episode. Mythbusters 9102008 phone book fiction tivocommunity forum. To help during this pandemic, ive lowered the price of my membership which has over digital resources plus over a 100 flipped video lessons you can provide your. Does interweaving the pages of two phone books create an unbreakable bond. I replied that i had not, to which he informed me of an episode of mythbusters where they had done this very thing. Introductory powerpoint to the mythbusters myth on pulling phone books apart. Take the above myth busters clip for example, when the friction in between the sheets of a phone book in between the pages of a second phone book make them extremely difficult to separate. There was no pressure differential across the phone book pages, nor would typical air resistance aka drag be a factor at those low speeds. For a more thorough explanation and a list of common misconceptions, see the project idea can you lift a car with two phone books. While the myth was busted, the mythbusters pointed out that it took 8,000 pounds 3,600 kg, or about 36,000 n of force to part the phone books.
Also, i wish wed seen a better closeup of the book once pulled apart. To help during this pandemic, ive lowered the price of my membership which has over digital resources plus over a 100 flipped video lessons you can provide your students with so they dont fall behind. Adam and jamie test the classic myth about seeing if any amount of force can separate two phone books when the pages are interwoven. While the myth was busted, the mythbusters pointed out that it took 8,000 pounds of force to pull the phone books apart, meaning that you could. The mythbusters arent really doing it wrong, but they give me a chance to talk about some physics. Phone book physics by mcmaster university myth buster fans have likely heard of the phenomenon of interlocking pages of two phonebooks and discovering that they are impossible to pull apart. Mythbusters adam and jamie take a fan mail film and use it to dial in on a phone book fable. If enough force is applied in opposite directions, then the phone books should separate from one another. Phone book friction blog alphageek aplusphysics community. It is impossible to separate two interlocked phone books due to the massive amount of friction between the 800 pages of each book. On this episode of mythbusters, adam and jamie take a fan mail film and use it to dial in on a phone book fable. With jamie hyneman, adam savage, tory belleci, grant imahara. A famous demonstration of the counterintuitive power of friction involves two telephone directories with their pages alternately interleaved. A couple things id have liked to see on the phone book one.
For other handson science projects related to this exploration of friction, see the following. Phone book friction, from mythbusters the enigma of the two interleaved phonebooks pdf, from cornell university library slippery science. As i hung up the phone, my coworker patrick asked if i had ever tried to lace two phone books together. May 15, 2009 the myth goes if you put two of these common household items together there is almost no physical way to pull them apart. So much friction is created when the two are pulled in opposite directions, it. This was a recut of previously tested animalrelated myths from different episodes. Mythbusters phone book friction full episode video dailymotion. One episode from the 2014 season, do try this at home. The tv show mythbusters had an episode in which they interleaved two phone books and dramatized how hard it was to pull them apart. Then interleave the pages and try to pull the books apart. Chicken gun, goldfish memory, does a ducks quack echo. Tory, grant, and kari team up to investigate a movie scene. Believe it or not, this commonly viewed as weak force can add up. Pulling apart two interleaved phone books stack exchange.
We push the limits of what people are willing to try, and what they simply cant avoid. When interleaving two phonebooks together for phone book friction, adam jokingly asks jamie if this reminds him of the time he was a moneycounter for the mob, to which jamie replies he was a hitman, not a moneycounter. They ended up needing two tanks to pull the phone books apart against the resistance of friction. In their update of the snowplow split myth, tory, grant and kari unleash 12 rockets and 75,000 pounds of thrust on an unsuspecting. Sep 10, 2008 it is impossible to separate two interlocked phone books due to the massive amount of friction between the 800 pages of each book. Oct 22, 2015 phone book friction, from mythbusters the enigma of the two interleaved phonebooks pdf, from cornell university library slippery science. They may not know what a tank is but they do know how to do really cool stuff for a living. The mythbusters tried to pull the two phone books apart with human power, which was unsuccessful. Phone book physics by mcmaster university myth buster fans have likely heard of the phenomenon of interlocking pages of two phonebooks and discovering that they are impossible to.
The trick apparently also works pretty well with reasonably thick magazines. Mythbusters season 0 episode 20 phone book friction. Another example of this is the phone book friction episode, in which they investigated the difficulty of pulling two telephone books apart after their pages had been interleaved together. Season 6 episode 12 of mythbusters resulted in a 0. Apr 15, 2015 are two interlaced phone books impossible to pull apart by any means.
And then kari, grant and tory test a fishy tale of hollywood pyrotechnics with their own big bang theories. Can a shark be blown up like they did in deep blue sea. Aug 17, 2015 physicists solve the mystery of interleaved phone books. Id have wished theyd clamped a single phonebook and tested the amount of force that the pages could take, showing the upper limit of the book s strength. Of course, friction only occurs when two surfaces are pushed together. I have looked the project up and it has been said by people in myth busters and a lot of other people cause the friction being created in between the pages it cant be pulled apart. All myth results and outcomes from season 6 of the mythbusters. Several seasons later, in the myth about hitmen tracking and shooting their targets through walls, jamie beats adam in both. Mythbusters season 6 episode phonebook friction video. Will tory and kari successfully pull apart two phone books in 30 minutes without breaking their teeth. This myth may not be as well known, but it is a very fascinating one. The phone book can be pulled apart when there are 20 or more pages inner twined. In their update of the snowplow split myth, tory, grant and kari unleash 12 rockets and 75,000 pounds of 00.