Arts Week: Physics Meets The Circus

Published: Dec. 2, 2022, 5:15 a.m.

Julia Ruth's job takes a lot of strength, a lot of balance, and a surprising amount of physics. She's a circus artist \u2014 and has performed her acrobatic Cyr wheel routine around the world. But before she learned her trade and entered the limelight, she was on a very different career path \u2014 she was studying physics. Julia talks with Emily (who also shares a past life in the circus) about her journey from physicist to circus artist, and how she learned her physics-defining acts.

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