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Packed Festival Crowds Aren’t Chaotic — They Form Living Vortices, Which Can Be Predicted with Physics
Every year, on July 6, thousands of people gather in the Plaza Consistorial in Pamplona, Spain, for the opening ceremony of ...
No, Spain isn’t banning tourists. Here’s what to know before planning a trip
(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, file) People, mostly tourists, look on from balconies at the running of the bulls during the San Fermín fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, July 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Alvaro ...
The Physics That Keeps a Crowd From Becoming a Stampede
A group of scientists studying the San Fermín festival in Pamplona, Spain, believe there’s a way to predict the motions of a large crowd.
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How the physic laws of the San Fermín crowds could prevent stampedes
Crowds reach a critical point where individual movement is overtaken by a collective dynamic, causing the mass to adhere to ...