Zak and Derek discuss the "controversial" value of Newton's gravitational constant G. They cover the history of its measurement and how the value (and confidence in that value) has changed over time.
 
Gravitational G wiki page: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_constant">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_constant</a>
 
Relative uncertainty of phsyical constants: <a href="https://codata.org/blog/2015/08/04/codata-recommended-values-of-the-fundamental-physical-constants-2014/">https://codata.org/blog/2015/08/04/codata-recommended-values-of-the-fundamental-physical-constants-2014/</a>
 
Different G experiments with uncertainty bars: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344933668/figure/fig2/AS:1019607263477760@1620104723443/The-eleven-values-of-G-adopted-in-CODATA-2014-after-2000-and-our-latest-two-values.png">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344933668/figure/fig2/AS:1019607263477760@1620104723443/The-eleven-values-of-G-adopted-in-CODATA-2014-after-2000-and-our-latest-two-values.png</a>The podcast lives at <a href="https://www.thehyperfine.com/">https://www.thehyperfine.com/</a>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Zak and Derek discuss the "controversial" value of Newton's gravitational constant G. They cover the history of its measurement and how the value (and confidence in that value) has changed over time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Gravitational G wiki page: &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_constant"&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_constant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Relative uncertainty of phsyical constants: &lt;a href="https://codata.org/blog/2015/08/04/codata-recommended-values-of-the-fundamental-physical-constants-2014/"&gt;https://codata.org/blog/2015/08/04/codata-recommended-values-of-the-fundamental-physical-constants-2014/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Different G experiments with uncertainty bars: &lt;a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344933668/figure/fig2/AS:1019607263477760@1620104723443/The-eleven-values-of-G-adopted-in-CODATA-2014-after-2000-and-our-latest-two-values.png"&gt;https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344933668/figure/fig2/AS:1019607263477760@1620104723443/The-eleven-values-of-G-adopted-in-CODATA-2014-after-2000-and-our-latest-two-values.png&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The podcast lives at &lt;a href="https://www.thehyperfine.com/"&gt;https://www.thehyperfine.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Join our listener community on Reddit: &lt;a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/TheHyperfine/"&gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/TheHyperfine/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Follow the show on Instagram @thehyperfine: &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/thehyperfine/"&gt;https://www.instagram.com/thehyperfine/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Derek on Instagram (and Twitter) @liketortilla: &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/liketortilla/"&gt;https://www.instagram.com/liketortilla/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Zak on Twitter @phyzaks: &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/phyzaks"&gt;https://twitter.com/phyzaks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Hyperfine Physics Podcast

Gravitational G and How Science Works

Gravitational G and How Science Works

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