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How rollercoasters affect your body

Brian D. Avery · TED

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About

In 1895, crowds flooded Coney Island to see America's first-ever looping coaster: the Flip Flap Railway. But its thrilling flip caused cases of severe whiplash, neck injury and even ejections. Today, coasters can pull off far more exciting tricks and do it safely. Brian D. Avery investigates what roller coasters are doing to your body and how they've managed to get scarier and safer at the same time. [TED-Ed Animation by Stretch Films Inc].

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Brian D. Avery
Year
2018
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Physics, Biology, Medicine and health, Astronomy and space, History
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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