MinutePhysics

  • Premiered: Jun 2011
  • Episodes: 247
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Season 2011
2011x1
What is Gravity?
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Jun 26, 2011
One Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in one minute! In this episode, we discuss the basic nature of gravity, one of the four fundamental forces in our universe.
2011x2
What is Dark Matter?
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Jul 06, 2011
In this episode, we discuss Dark Matter, an exotic type of matter we know very little about, despite the fact that it makes up around 80% of all matter in the universe!
2011x3
What is the Wave/Particle Duality? Part 1
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Jul 10, 2011
In this episode, we discuss the Wave Particle Duality and why quantum mechanics is weirder than anything we're used to in our daily lives!
2011x4
The Wave/Particle Duality - Part 2
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Jul 16, 2011
In this episode, I revisit the wave particle duality and present an intuitive analogy for understanding how it works. Plus, new music by Nathaniel Schroeder!
2011x5
How the Sun Works: Fusion and Quantum Tunneling
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Jul 25, 2011
In this episode, we learn about how the sun can burn for billions of years without running out of fuel.
2011x6
What is the Uncertainty Principle?
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Jul 31, 2011
In this episode, we talk about the Heisenberg uncertainty principle and how it's not really that weird - it's just a property of waves!
2011x7
What is the Sound of Hydrogen?
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Aug 07, 2011
This episode is a little bit different from the norm, because I've created the sound of hydrogen - or, that is, what if it would sound like if it emitted sound instead of light waves!
2011x8
What is Quantum Tunneling?
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Aug 14, 2011
In this episode we explain what quantum tunneling is and how it works!
2011x9
Adding Past Infinity (WARNING: Math Ahead)
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Aug 21, 2011
In this episode we take a break from physics and do a little fuzzy math. But not really: this is actually relevant to physics! Come back and I'll explain later.
2011x10
Tutorial: creating the sound of hydrogen
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Aug 24, 2011
In this tutorial I show how I synthesized the sound of hydrogen for the "Sound of Hydrogen" video (S2011E07) using mathematica - it's a little technical, but you've been requesting it!
2011x11
What is a dimension? In 3D...and 2D... and 1D
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Aug 29, 2011
In this episode we talk about dimensions and how we know that we live in 3D (or do we?).
2011x12
Distance and Special Relativity: How far away is tomorrow?
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Sep 04, 2011
Time is shorter than you think! In this episode we talk about distance in space and time and answer "How far away is tomorrow?"
2011x13
What is fire?
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Sep 11, 2011
Fire it up! We explain hot stuff. In this episode we explain why fire is red, gas flames are blue, and why you're too cool to glow.
2011x14
Taming Infinity
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Sep 19, 2011
How does physics deal with infinity? In this episode we explain how physicists can tease information out of infinity.
2011x15
Schrödinger's Cat
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Sep 26, 2011
No cats were harmed in the making of this video. In this episode we discuss Schrödinger's cat, quantum entanglement, and our perception of reality.
2011x16
2011 Nobel Prize: Dark Energy feat. Sean Carroll
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Oct 05, 2011
Guest narrator Sean Carroll of Caltech describes dark energy and the acceleration of the universe, the discovery of which was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics on October 4th.
2011x17
There is no pink light
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Oct 16, 2011
Pink doesn't exist!
2011x18
The Speed of Light in Glass
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Oct 23, 2011
How does light speed up after leaving glass or water? What do light and the President of the United States have in common?
2011x19
How to break the speed of light
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Oct 30, 2011
You can break the speed of light in your back yard! (but don't worry, Einstein is still right)
2011x20
GPS, relativity, and nuclear detection
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Nov 07, 2011
GPS is just a big clock in space! (and it can detect nuclear explosions)
2011x21
The Arrow of Time feat. Sean Carroll
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Nov 13, 2011
Why is the past different from the future? Caltech physicist Sean Carroll explains how the arrow of time is not an intrinsic property of physics, but rather an emergent feature.
2011x22
Weigh a million dollars with your mind
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Nov 20, 2011
A million dollars is a ton of money. But how much does it weigh?
2011x23
The Hairy Ball Theorem
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Nov 27, 2011
Ever tried to comb a hairy ball? Math says you failed!
2011x24
Hour Physics: What makes a good (or bad) youtube science video
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Dec 03, 2011
November 30 Colloquium at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario. Thanks to Neil Turok for inviting me to speak!
2011x24
How lasers work (in theory)
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Dec 04, 2011
How does a laser really work? It's Bose - Einstein statistics! (photons are bosons)
2011x25
The Tacoma Narrows Fallacy
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Dec 11, 2011
Teach your teacher: the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge WASN'T resonance. And I defer all arguments to the elocution of Profs. Billah and Scanlon: http://www.ketchum.org/billah/Billah-Scanlan.pdf
2011x26
What is a Neutrino?
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Dec 18, 2011
Neutrinos are the vampires of physics.
2011x27 Season finale
Faster Than Light Neutrinos (maybe): Field Trip!
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Dec 29, 2011
Come with us to Italy to find out what went into measuring the FTL neutrinos.

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