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Illuminating the Universe: The History of Light
Beyond what we can touch, taste, smell, and hear, we experience the universe through light. But how did we come to discover light, and how did we learn light's true nature, as the fastest thing in the universe, an electromagnetic...
Curated Video
Isaac Newton
Find out how Sir Isaac Newton devised his laws of motion and explained how the universe works. Physical processes - Force and motion - Action and reaction Learning Points Sir Isaac Newton devised laws that explain how the Universe works....
SciShow
Why is Indigo in the Rainbow?
Indigo may be a very vague and unnecessary color, but it has an interesting history that involves some plants, turmoil, and Isaac Newton's interest in the number seven. Hosted by: Hank Green
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Why is Indigo in the Rainbow?
Indigo may be a very vague and unnecessary color, but it has an interesting history that involves some plants, turmoil, and Isaac Newton's interest in the number seven.
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Colour
The world appears to be a colourful place, but what are colours? What properties of light determine what colour we see? Physics - Waves - Learning Points. Colour is how our brains perceive different wavelengths of light. Newton...
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Telescopes
Telescopes have enabled us to truly see the wonders of the Universe. Who invented them and how have they developed throughout history? Physics - Universe - Learning Points. The first optical telescopes were made around 1608. Early...
SciShow
Why is Indigo in the Rainbow?
Indigo may be a very vague and unnecessary color, but it has an interesting history that involves some plants, turmoil, and Isaac Newton's interest in the number seven. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a...
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From Kepler to Webb: The History of the Telescope
Hank regales us with the history of the telescope, and then introduces us to some folks from the team who are working on the newest telescope in the chronology - the James Webb Space Telescope, an infrared telescope due to launch in 2018.
Curated Video
Learn the Psychology of Color
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Why ROYGBIV Is Arbitrary
Isaac Newton was the first to demonstrate through his famous prism experiments that color is intrinsic to light. As part of those experiments, he also divvied up the spectrum in his own idiosyncratic way, giving us ROYGBIV. But why...
Gresham College
100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Sport
A lecture to mark the publication of Professor Barrow's latest book, 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Sport. The book asks the question, "What can maths tell us about sports?" It sheds light on the mysteries of...
Curated OER
Isaac Newton, Part 1/2
Wonderfully irreverent, The Great Scientists series takes on the life of Sir Isaac Newton, the Father of modern physics. Part one of two looks at his early interest in light and the color spectrum. A must see!
Veritasium
The Original Double Slit Experiment
Is light a wave or a particle? The video recreates the double slit experiment with sunlight in public. Different individuals predict what they will see by looking into a dark box, which allows sunlight into it through two small slits....
MinutePhysics
This is Not a Rainbow
A color-based video explains how scientists identified the colors of the rainbow and why we see different colors at different times. It introduces the idea of supernumerary colors and the disc shape of a rainbow as well.