The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Roller coasters may seem like a very modern type of entertainment—constantly ...
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Roller coasters may seem like a very modern type of entertainment – constantly getting bigger, faster and scarier thanks to advances in technology. But they actually date back to the mid-1800s.