It Was Never a Stampede: The Deadly Physics of Human Crowds
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Send us an email The difference between a safe exit and a tragedy is arithmetic. This episode walks through Introduction to Crowd Science by Prof G. Keith Still: why 'stampede' and 'panic' are words that blame the victims, why crowd disasters are system failures built in months before the gates open, and why the tools that actually save lives are a map, a clicker and a piece of string. We cover the body ellipse and the five people per square metre ceiling, shockwaves and compressive asphyxia,...
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