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5 Scientists Too Smart for Their Time
You often hear of brilliant scientific discoveries that took decades to become recognized, often by scientists too smart for their time! Join Hank and look back on a few of our episodes about scientists who deserve a little more...
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Great Minds: James Clerk Maxwell, Electromagnetic Hero
Saturn’s rings, colored photography, and the discovery of electromagnetic waves all have have one thing in common. James Clerk Maxwell. Discover for yourself all the amazing contributions Maxwell made to science.
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5 Undervalued Scientists: Great Minds Compilation
Take some time with us to look back on a few of our episodes about scientists who deserve a little more recognition than they got.
Curated Video
Special Relativity Explained Through Einstein’s Thought Experiments
New ReviewEinstein's Special Relativity Explained Simply - no math This entire revolution in physics started with a simple thought experiments, in the prolific imagination before Einstein even graduated from high school. Einstein’s theory of...
Curated Video
How a Computer Paradox Was Finally Solved: Maxwell's Demon
New ReviewIn this video, we’re exploring the link between information and entropy, by examining a famous thought experiments by James Clerk Maxwell, called Maxwell's demon, which seems to show that entropy can be reversed. In answering whether it...
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A Conceptual Overview of Physics: Essential Principles to Remember
New ReviewFive areas of physics worth remembering: Classical mechanics, energy and thermodynamics, electromagnetism, Relativity, and Quantum Mechanics. Classical mechanics - two main concepts worth knowing. The first is Newton’s second law: F= ma:...
CuriosaMente
La radio: ¡A que no sabías esto!
¿Quién inventó la radio? ¿Cómo funciona? ¿Sabías que México tuvo una vez la estación de radio más poderosa del mundo? La radio es un invento que reúne la ciencia, la comunicación y la música. Guillermo Marconi, un joven inventor, patentó...
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Scientist Videos: James Maxwell Biography
Learn how Scottish physicist and mathematician, James Maxwell, helped shape our understanding of a number of different fields, including those of electricity and magnetism. [2:04]
Crash Course
Crash Course Physics #37: Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves
In the early 1800s, Michael Faraday showed us how a changing magnetic field induces an electromotive force, or emf, resulting in an ecectric current. He also found that electric fields sometimes act like magnetic fields, and developed...