Uranus is the planet with the funny name and the odd orientation. So, when you say the word 'Uranus' do you stress the first syllable or the second? Or, perhaps you do as Dr. Pamela Gay suggests, in order to avoid "being made fun of by any small schoolchildren … when in doubt, don't emphasize anything and just say 'Uranus.' And then run, quickly."
This video is the latest offering from "Sixty Symbols," a video series put together by the University of Nottingham which provides explanations for the "squiggly lines and Greek letters that astronomers and physicists use to describe physical properties of the Universe and how they apply to modern life," said Dr. Amanda Bauer, who gave a presentation about Sixty Symbols at the dotAstronomy conference I attended in December (and who is the first person you see on the Uranus video.)
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