Sixty Symbols

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2011
2011x1
Who's your favourite scientist?
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Responding to more viewer questions, the Sixty Symbols experts reveal their scientific heroes. See our other YouTube channel dedicated to favourite scientists at http://www.youtube.com/favscientist
2011x2
Cosmological Constant - Sixty Symbols
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What is the cosmological constant? Ed Copeland and Mike Merrifield. More videos at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/
2011x3
Why is glass transparent?
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Sixty Symbols regular Professor Phil Moriarty discusses transparent glass and the so-called energy gap. PS MESSAGE FROM PROF MORIARTY: "I misspoke for the last sentence of the video. .. show full overview
2011x4
Right Ascension and Declination - Sixty Symbols
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In this discussion about right ascension and declination, astronomer Professor Merrifield also discusses a possible flaw in astrology. About the book on his shelf... .. show full overview
2011x5
Four Forces - Sixty Symbols for Valentine's Day
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We discuss the four fundamental forces - gravity, electromagnetic, weak and strong. Extra footage from this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq9FCfZOJLk More physics at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/
2011x6
What confuses a physicist?
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A viewer asks our team of physicists and astronomers what part of science they find most confusing? More viewer questions at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/questions/index.html
2011x7
Time Dilation - Sixty Symbols
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The twins paradox, muons and special relativity are among the issues in this video about the symbol gamma, which can represent the Lorentz factor. More symbols discussed at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/
2011x8
Atomic Switch (moving individual atoms) - Sixty Symbols
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How scientists can create toggle switches made from just two atoms. Extended version of this video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHLyrc-uoIk
2011x9
Millisieverts and Radiation - Sixty Symbols
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With the term "millisieverts" being used in relation to the Japanese nuclear crisis, we explain how radiation is measured and show you some radiation in action. More physics at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/
2011x10
The Alpha Beta Gamma Paper - Sixty Symbols
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It was a crucial paper in the history of cosmology and described events after the Big Bang - yet it's perhaps better known for a bad joke and an author who wrote nothing. Extra footage .. show full overview
2011x11
What is the shortest possible time?
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The planck time is discussed in this answer to a viewer question. More physics at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/
2011x12
Yuri Gagarin and Orbits - Sixty Symbols
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As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first man in space, we look at some of the science behind an orbit. More physics and astronomy at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/
2011x13
Gold Nanoparticle - Sixty Symbols
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We take a very close look at a very small speck of gold. More physics at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/
2011x14
Crash Test Creme Eggs
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We're uploading a series of "eggsperiments" to mark Easter, starting with these crash tests from the Biomechancal lab. Facts and figures about this video at .. show full overview
2011x15
Coupled Pendulums - Sixty Symbols
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Coupled Oscillators, or pendulums, are demonstrated by Professor Roger Bowley as part of little Easter series. He's using creme eggs, of course. More eggsperiemnts at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/eggs/
2011x16
The Sixth Dimension - Sixty Symbols
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Continuing a week of egg-themed physics (for Easter 2011), Professor Egg Copeland discusses a theory which relates to the cosmological constant. More egg physics at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/eggs/
2011x17
Eggs MRI - Sixty Symbols
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Cadbury Creme Eggs and real eggs are MRI scanned for this special Easter video. Sir Peter Mansfield developed a lot of MRI technology at The University of Nottingham, where Sixty .. show full overview
2011x18
Wormholes & Portal 2 - Sixty Symbols
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We discuss wormholes and the new computer game called Portal 2. More physics at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/
2011x19
de Broglie Waves - Sixty Symbols
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The strange world of de Broglie waves and particles. More physics at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/
2011x20
Confessions of a Tetris Addict (short version)
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A shorter version of a film with 1999 Tetris World Champion James Clewett. Full-length version is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jA53IkHZJg
2011x21
Watching paint dry - Sixty Symbols
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Watching paint dry isn't boring when you do it with a microscope. More physics and astronomy at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/
2011x22
Tides - Sixty Symbols
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Tidal forces don't just affect the ocean... They can affect entire galaxies. More physics and astronomy at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/ Thanks for Dave Hockey for Fundy Bay tide footage... http://fundytides.ca/
2011x23
Spherical Electron - Sixty Symbols
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Electrons are the most spherical objects in the universe, according to recent reports. Professor Ed Copeland discusses what this all means. Extra footage from this interview can be .. show full overview
2011x24
Solstice and Equinox - Sixty Symbols
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Summer solstice, equinox, Stonehenge and strange movements of the sun. Sixty Symbols tracks the sun's passage through the sky. More physics and astronomy at .. show full overview
2011x25
Milky Way's Twin - Sixty Symbols
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A galaxy dubbed NGC 6744 is being hailed at the Milky Way's galactic twin... Find out why? More physics and astronomy at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/ In anticipation of people .. show full overview
2011x26
The Cavendish Experiment - Sixty Symbols
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Henry Cavendish was an unusual man but also one of the first great scientists. Many of his discoveries remained hidden in his notebooks, but his name is still attached to the the .. show full overview
2011x27
Spiral Galaxies - Sixty Symbols
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What makes spiral arms in some galaxies - and what is "pattern speed'? Professor Mike Merrifield explains. Extra footage at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsj0uODPW9I Our thanks on .. show full overview
2011x28
Chaos and Butterfly Effect - Sixty Symbols
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The butterfly effect is associated with the unpredictable world of chaos... Two of our physicists have a chat about it. They are Laurence Eaves and Mark Fromhold. Visit our website .. show full overview
2011x29
Guinness Science - Sixty Symbols
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Strange bubbles and foam are part of the allure of Guinness - at least when you discuss it with an Irish physicist. Sixty Symbols is in Dublin discussing the nation's much-loved .. show full overview
2011x30
Water in Space - Sixty Symbols
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Water on Mars and oxygen in the Orion Nebula - two recent news stories are discussed by Sixty Symbols astronomer Professor Mike Merrifield. Visit our website at .. show full overview
2011x31
Wobbly Earth - Sixty Symbols
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Axial precession is the reason the Earth's axis has a long-term but quite dramatic "wobble", as explained here by Roger Bowley and Mike Merrifield. Visit our website at .. show full overview
2011x32
Schrödinger's Theatre - Sixty Symbols
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A lecture theatre at Trinity College, Dublin, is named in honour of Erwin Schrödinger. It was in Dublin that the physicist gave his famous lectures: "What is Life?" Visit our .. show full overview
2011x33
Granular Dynamics - Sixty Symbols
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Shaking grains and interesting physics. Visit our website at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/ We're on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/sixtysymbols And Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/periodicvideos
2011x34
Far Side of the Moon - Sixty Symbols
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A dramatic collision of two moons may explain why our Moon is very much two-sided. Professor Mike Merrifield briefly discusses a recent paper in Nature. Check it out at .. show full overview
2011x35
Neutrinos faster than light - Sixty Symbols
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Discussing recent results suggesting neutrinos may be traveling "faster than light". Read the paper at http://arxiv.org/abs/1109.4897 Visit our website at .. show full overview
2011x36
Supernovae and the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics - Sixty Symbols
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Studying supernovae and the accelerating universe - and a bet over a bottle of whisky. It's our take on the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, won by Saul Perlmutter, Brian P Schmidt and Adam .. show full overview
2011x37
Capturing Saturn - Sixty Symbols
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We meet Australian astronomy photographer Paul Haese at Clayton Bay, near Adelaide. See Paul's work at http://paulhaese.net/ He was recently named runner-up in the solar system .. show full overview
2011x38
Fab Four and Vacuum Energy - Sixty Symbols
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The Beatles and cosmology - what is this all about? Visit our website at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/ We're on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/sixtysymbols And Twitter at .. show full overview
2011x39
Ghost Particles (for Halloween) - Sixty Symbols
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More mind-mending particle physics from the guys at the University of Nottingham. Happy Halloween? Visit our website at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/ We're on Facebook at .. show full overview
2011x40
Witches in Space - Sixty Symbols
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Image credits below... For Halloween we look at a couple of "witch" objects in space. Visit our website at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/ We're on Facebook at .. show full overview
2011x41
Hammer and Spark - Sixty Symbols
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We're in Dublin discussing Ireland's only science Nobel Prize winner, Ernest Walton, known as ETS to his colleagues. One of those colleagues, Iggy McGovern, penned a poem about Walton .. show full overview
2011x42
Southern Skies and Southern Cross - Sixty Symbols
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We're in Australia discussing the view of the night sky from down south. Talking with amateur astronomer Paul Haese, based in South Australia, and former Sixty Symbols regular Dr .. show full overview
2011x43
Spy Satellites (from Deep Sky Videos)
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The new channel will be http://www.youtube.com/DeepSkyVideos On Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Deep-Sky-Videos/128564940579262 On Twitter at .. show full overview
2011x44
Vortex Nitron - Sixty Symbols
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Just a bit of fun for Christmas - we "physics review" one of this year's hot Christmas gifts. No product endorsement (in fact it looks a bit "naff" we reckon)... Just talking a bit of .. show full overview
2011x45
Higgs Boson - Sixty Symbols
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Our slightly belated video about the Higgs Boson. A (very much) extended version of these interviews has been posted at our nottinghamscience channel - .. show full overview

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