As some of you may know, The Magnus Effect is a law of physics that describes how a spinning ball diverts from its principle to flight path. It was named (shockingly!) after one Heinrich Gustav Magnus, a German physicist. Earlier this week, Veritasium, a YouTube channel specialising in science and technology, released a video describing this phenomenon. […]

As some of you may know, The Magnus Effect is a law of physics that describes how a spinning ball diverts from its principle to flight path. It was named (shockingly!) after one Heinrich Gustav Magnus, a German physicist. Earlier this week, Veritasium, a YouTube channel specialising in science and technology, released a video describing this phenomenon. […]