Pumpkins of the Atlantic giant variety can weigh more than 1,800 pounds. For a mechanical engineer with an interest in plus-sized fruit, like Georgia Tech’s David Hu, this raises an interesting physics question: How can the pumpkin get so big without breaking?
Credits
Additional footage, images: David L. Hu, Paul Richards, Alexander Alexeev Ryan Foss, Bill’s Big Pumpkins/ Quantum Petshop Documentary produced by Flora Lichtman
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About Flora Lichtman
Flora Lichtman is a host of Science Friday. In a previous life, she lived on a research ship where apertivi were served on the top deck, hoisted there via pulley by the ship’s chef.