MinutePhysics
Why is Relativity Hard? | Special Relativity Chapter 1
Thanks to my friend Mark Rober for making the spacetime globe, and to Grant Sanderson (3blue1brown) for inspiration. This is the first in a series of videos about special relativity. This is definitely not an academic course, but it's...
MinutePhysics
Lorentz Transformations | Special Relativity Ch. 3
The previous videos in this series: Chapter 1: Why Relativity is Hard Chapter 2: Spacetime Diagrams This video is chapter 3 in my series on special relativity, and it covers boosts, galilean transformations, newtonian relativity, and of...
Bozeman Science
Spacetime
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the dimensions of space and time are combined in relativistic mechanics. Gravity and velocity can affect both space and time according to Albert Einstein's Special Law of Relativity.
MinutePhysics
Einstein and The Special Theory of Relativity
How Einstein (& others) discovered Special Relativity. Pi day (3.14) is Albert Einstein's Birthday! To celebrate, we'll explain 4 of his most groundbreaking papers from 1905, when he was just 26 years old.
Crash Course
Special Relativity: Crash Course Physics
So we've all heard of relativity, right? But... what is relativity? And how does it relate to light? And motion? In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini talks to us about perspective, observation, and how relativity is REALLY weird!
SciShow
The Experiment That May Have Broken Physics | SciShow News
Researchers have made some unexpected readings of mysterious particles called muons, which may make us reexamine the Standard Model in physics.
Crash Course
Einstein's Revolution: Crash Course History of Science
There was physics before Einstein in the same way that there was biology before Darwin. Einstein didn’t just add some new ideas to physics. And he didn’t just add a unifying framework for doing physics, like Newton. Einstein took what...
Bozeman Science
PS2A - Forces and Motion
Paul Andersen introduces forces, motion, and Newton's three laws in this video. He begins by describing forces as pushes or pulls on objects that produce motion. A lack of motion results from a balanced set of forces. A teaching...
Bozeman Science
Momentum
Mr. Andersen explains the concept of momentum. He also shows you how to solve simple momentum problems. He finally shows you how momentum is both conserved and relative.
Curated Video
Searching for Gravity Waves: The Biggest Physics Experiment Ever
In this video, scientists from Germany's Max Planck Institute are working on the biggest physics experiment ever to detect faint gravitational waves predicted by Einstein's general theory of relativity. Three gold cubes will float freely...
Curated Video
Photon
A particle of light or other electromagnetic energy. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films reinforce abstract...
Bedtime History
Albert Einstein For Kids
Learn about the German genius, Albert Einstein, from his early days at the patent office to his final days at Princeton, NJ.
Curated Video
Discovering Einstein: The Legacy of a Scientific Genius
Albert Einstein, the renowned scientist of the 20th century, made groundbreaking discoveries in the field of physics, particularly in the theory of relativity. His famous equation, E=mc², revolutionized our understanding of time, space,...
Curated Video
Albert Einstein: Genius, Humanitarian, and Scientific Pioneer
Step into the world of Albert Einstein at the largest exhibit of its kind in New York City's American Museum of Natural History. Explore the genius of Einstein's theories on light, gravity, and time through interactive displays and rare...
Curated Video
Can Light Escape a Black Hole?
Light is affected by black holes because of the theory of general relativity, which states that any massive object warps the spacetime around it. Since a photon travels by the shortest distance between two points, light appears to bend...
Higgsino Physics
The sad story of travelling the speed of light
The speed of light and black holes. What happens when at the speed of light? What about a black hole? This video explains how time dilations works with very fast relativistic speeds. The equation and the intuition behind the logic.
Curated Video
High Five Facts - Albert Einstein
This video explores five fun facts about Albert Einstein.
Curated Video
Supersymmetric Convictions
Particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed (Institute for Advanced Study) relates his belief that supersymmetry must exist at some energy scale.
Curated Video
Rigidity and Fragility
Particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed (Institute for Advanced Study) describes how physics' two guiding principles demonstrate both rigidity and fragility,
Curated Video
A Mysterious Relationship
Particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed (Institute for Advanced Study) examines the curious structural relationship between quantum mechanics and relativity.
Curated Video
Light Cones and World Lines
Nobel Laureate in Physics Roger Penrose (Oxford) describes how, according to Einstein's special relativity, massive and massless particles move with respect to the light cones of space-time.
Curated Video
Inspired Towards Physics
Cosmologist Justin Khoury, University of Pennsylvania, relates how a documentary on Einstein, impact of a great high school teacher, and the sense of being able to control his own academic destiny, all shaped him towards becoming a...
Curated Video
Strongly Constrained
Particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed (Instutute for Advanced Study) describes how today's theorists have much less room to manoeuvre than is often supposed.
Curated Video
Fingernails on the Chalkboard
University of Chicago cosmologist Rocky Kolb relates how he reacts very differently to dark matter than dark energy: dark matter he regards as an opportunity, while dark energy "drives him nuts".