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Physics that changes what you see

10 videos, 2 h 25

10 videos on gravity, electricity, light and relativity, from people who build the experiments. Every video fixes a specific wrong idea.

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01
Minute Physics: What is Gravity?
minutephysics
Gravity with nothing assumed. The right place to begin.
02
Minute Physics: What is Dark Matter?
minutephysics
What dark matter is evidence for, rather than what it is made of.
03
How Electricity Actually Works
Veritasium
Energy travels in the field around the wire, not inside it. Watch this before the follow-up.
04
The Biggest Misconception About Electricity
Veritasium
The follow-up with the lamp experiment actually built and measured.
05
Why No One Has Measured The Speed Of Light
Veritasium
Why a single-direction measurement of light speed may be impossible in principle.
06
What Happens If You Keep Slowing Down?
Veritasium
Absolute zero, and what stops matter from getting colder.
07
Is spider web really stronger than steel?
Veritasium
A famous claim about spider silk, tested with a real tensile rig.
08
The Anti Trampoline Effect
Steve Mould
A small strange effect taken apart with props on a table.
09
Why is Relativity Hard? | Special Relativity Chapter 1
minutephysics
Why special relativity feels hard, and what to hold in mind instead.
10
General Relativity Explained in 7 Levels of Difficulty
minutephysics
The same idea told 7 times, each time deeper. Stop at the level that fits you.