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Protecting Privacy with MATH (Collab with the Census)
This video was made in collaboration with the US Census Bureau and fact-checked by Census Bureau scientists. Any opinions and errors are my own. For more information, visit...
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Misconceptions Footnote †: Randomness and Feedback
Footnote to the main video here: https://youtu.be/HUti6vGctQM Feedback loops and spurious correlations! REFERENCES: Spurious correlations: http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations Loopy by Nicky Case: http://ncase.me/loopy/...
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Sumando más allá del infinito (PRECAUCIÓN: Mates en el camino)
En este episodio tomamos un descanso de la física y hacemos un poco de matemáticas. Pero realmente no: ¡esto sí es relevante para la física! Y aquí lo explico: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0YXnGA97E MinutoDeFísica proporciona una...
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How Far is a Second
The moon may be 1.3 light-seconds away, but why on earth do we measure distances using time?
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What is the Uncertainty Principle
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!
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What is a Dimension (In 3D... and 2D... and 1D)
In this episode we talk about dimensions and how we know that we live in 3D (or do we?).
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Time Dilation illustrated within ten seconds
Time Dilation - boosting 5 seconds to fill 10 seconds since 1905
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Where Do Galaxies Come From?
Thanks to the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) and NASA's James Webb Space Telescope for supporting this video! In particular, thanks to Dan Coe of STScI for taking the time to chat with me about what we do and don't know about...
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Why Do Mirrors Flip Left & Right (but not up & down)?
This video is about why words flip left & right (aka horizontally) in a mirror but not up & down (aka vertically). The answer has to do with specular reflection, mirrors being like windows into another world (alternate universes, just...
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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.
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Correlation CAN Imply Causation! | Statistics Misconceptions
This video is about how causal models (which use causal networks) allow us to infer causation from correlation, proving the common refrain not entirely accurate: statistics CAN be used to prove causality! Including: Reichenbach's...
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There is No Fourth Dimension
Just because there are four dimensions doesn't mean there's a "fourth dimension"
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How to Destroy a Magnet
Magnets are amazingly strong... but there's a very easy way to destroy them. All you need to know is a little bit about ferromagnetism, paramagnetism, and temperature!
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Taming Infinity
In this episode we explain how physicists can tease information out of infinity.
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Football, Physics, and Symmetry
Two linemen colliding can light a 60W bulb for over a minute!
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El Teorema de la Bola Peluda
¿Alguna vez has intentado peinar una bola peluda? ¡Las matemáticas dicen que no podrás! Suscríbete a MinutoDeFísica Video anterior: ¿Qué es un Neutrino? Este video es una traducción de "The Hairy Ball Theorem" MinutoDeFísica proporciona...
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The Speed of Light in Glass
How does light speed up after leaving glass or water? What do light and the President of the United States have in common?
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Theory of Everything - What is Matter?
What is matter, anyway? What does it have to do with math? And why aren't you made of Jesus? Delving deeper into the theory of (almost) everything - the Standard Model of particle physics.
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Tour of the Map of the Big Bang
Ever wanted to explore the Cosmic Background Radiation? It's our best picture of the big bang, and now you can!