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Tipping Points

Miriam Huitric illustrates the meaning of the concept "tipping point".

In this video, whipping cream is used to demonstrate a few aspects about tipping points: that the different states of the “system” – in this case the cream – are very different, that crossing the tipping point can happen quickly and that the change is irreversible.

This video was filmed on location in a kitchen in Stockholm, Sweden.

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