PBS
Feynman's Infinite Quantum Paths
There is a fundamental limit to the knowability of the universe. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle tells us that the more precisely we try to define one property, the less definable is its counterpart. Knowing a particle's location...
PBS
Hacking at Quantum Speed with Shor's Algorithm
Classical computers struggle to crack modern encryption. But quantum computers using Shor's Algorithm make short work of RSA cryptography. Find out how.
Bozeman Science
Wave Amplitude
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the amplitude of a wave is a measure of the energy of the wave. He gives several examples of wave amplitude and shows you how to calculate the wave of a transverse and longitudinal wave.
Bozeman Science
Practice 3 - Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
Paul Andersen explains how investigations are used by scientists to answer questions and by engineers to test designs. He delineates be investigative and observational science. He demonstrates the formation of a good question the design...
SciShow
First Results from the Probe That Went to the Sun
Scientists have revealed the results of the Parker Solar Probe’s first two flybys of the Sun, and LIGO has a new instrument called the quantum vacuum squeezer!
MinuteEarth
How Do Some Waves Get SO Big?
All over the world, giant wave breaks appear because of underwater geology that supercharges their wave energy.
Bozeman Science
Wave Function
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the location of matter can be determined at the nanoscale using the wave function. The absolute value of the wave function can be used to determine the probability of finding matter in a location....
Bozeman Science
PS4A - Wave Properties
In this video Paul Andersen describes some of the properties of waves. He starts be identifying particles and waves as the only phenomenon that can transfer energy from place to place. He identifies the defining characteristics of waves;...
Bozeman Science
Waves
Mr. Andersen introduces the concept of waves. Both transverse and logitudinal waves are described. The relationship between wave speed, wave frequency and wavelength is also included.
MinutePhysics
Tutorial - Creating the Sound of Hydrogen
In this tutorial I show how I synthesized the sound of hydrogen for the "Sound of Hydrogen" video using mathematica - it's a little technical, but you've been requesting it!
SciShow
Why Do We Keep Needing New "G"s?
What’s with all the "G"s and why do we keep having to develop new ones to use our phones in this technology.
TED Talks
Jared Ficklin: New ways to see music (with color! and fire!)
Designer Jared Ficklin creates wild visualizations that let us see music, using color and even fire (a first for the TED stage) to analyze how sound makes us feel. He takes a brief digression to analyze the sound of a skatepark -- and...
Crash Course
Simple Harmonic Motion: Crash Course Physics
Bridges... bridges, bridges, bridges. We talk a lot about bridges in Physics. Why? Because there is A LOT of practical physics that can be learned from the planning and construction of them. In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini...
Bozeman Science
Wave Energy
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the energy of a wave if directly related to the amplitude of a wave. The wave energy of a sound wave is the volume of the wave.
Bozeman Science
Wave-Particle Duality - Part 2
In this video Paul Andersen explains how classical waves (like light) can have particle properties. Albert Einsetein used the photoelectric effect to show how photons have particle properties.
Crash Course
Traveling Waves: Crash Course Physics
Waves are cool. The more we learn about waves, the more we learn about a lot of things in physics. Everything from earthquakes to music! Ropes can tell us a lot about how traveling waves work so, in this episode of Crash Course Physics,...
Bozeman Science
Sound Waves
Mr. Andersen explains how sound waves are created and perceived. A brief discussion of pitch and loudness are included. A generated sound of varying pitches is also included.
Crash Course
YouTube Couldn't Exist Without Communications & Signal Processing: Crash Course Engineering #42
Engineering helped make this video possible. This week we’ll look at how it’s possible for you to watch this video with the fundamentals of signal processing. We’ll explore things from Morse Code, to problems like bandwidth capacity and...
Bozeman Science
Wave Equation
In this video Paul Andersen explains how a sine or cosine wave can describe the position of the wave based on wavelength or wave period. A wave function can the position of a wave as a function or the amplitude and wavelength or the...
Bozeman Science
Beats
In this video Paul Andersen explains how beats are created through interference of waves with similar frequencies. The changes in amplitude are caused by destructive and constructive interference. The frequency of beats is equal to the...
Crash Course
Light Is Waves: Crash Course Physics
The way light behaves can seem very counter intuitive, and many physicists would agree with that, but once you figure out light waves it all starts to make more sense! In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini shows us how we know...
Crash Course
Files & File Systems: Crash Course Computer Science
Today we’re going to look at how our computers read and interpret computer files. We’ll talk about how some popular file formats like txt, wave, and bitmap are encoded and decoded giving us pretty pictures and lifelike recordings from...
SciShow
Indonesian Earthquakes
Hank briefs us on the news of earthquakes in Indonesia and helps us understand why these had less impact than earthquakes which hit the area in 2004.
Curated Video
Light Waves: Understanding the Wave Nature
We deal with light on a daily basis, and it has wave-like characteristics that are essential to many natural and technological processes. The wave nature of light aids in the explanation of a number of important optical phenomena,...