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How Michael Faraday Changed the World with a Magnet | Great Minds
From a blacksmith's son, to one of the most repeated names in physics textbooks, Michael Faraday epitomized the spirit of scientific exploration
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Great Minds We Lost in 2012
Hank pays tribute to some of the great scientific minds we lost in 2012, and then apologizes for some mistakes made in recent SciShow episodes.
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Is the Power Grid Ready for Green Energy?
Despite the rise of renewable energy, the backbone of the power grid is fossil fuels. Adapting the grid to green energy sources is more complicated than flipping a switch.
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3 Chemistry Experiments That Changed the World
Chemistry is the study of matter - stuff, and how it interacts with other stuff. Even though chemistry doesn't make a lot of news these days, chemists are making discoveries that change lives all the time. If Hank had to narrow down all...
SciShow
Why Is Ice Slippery?
Winter: It's that time of year when you're out for a stroll and maybe miss a hidden patch of ice and fall flat on your butt. Why you gotta play us this way, ice?
SciShow
How Michael Faraday Changed the World with a Magnet | Great Minds
From a blacksmith's son, to one of the most repeated names in physics textbooks, Michael Faraday epitomized the spirit of scientific exploration
Curated Video
How Do Generators Work?
Discover how simple magnets and wires can be used to create electricity - and how this principle is now used in national power supplies. Physics - Electricity And Circuits - Learning Points. In 1835 the scientist Michael Faraday made an...
Wonderscape
Harnessing Power: The Story of Electricity Generation
Discover the fascinating journey of electricity generation in this concise video. From Michael Faraday's initial experiments with copper coils and magnets to modern hydroelectric turbines, learn how electric currents are created and...
Curated Video
Conceptos Básicos del Generador Eléctrico de CA
Aprenda el funcionamiento básico de un generador eléctrico, aprenda cómo se utilizan los imanes para generar electricidad en una bobina de alambre. Luego cubrimos la electricidad trifásica trifásica y brevemente la configuración en...
Curated Video
AC Electrical Generator Basics - How electricity is generated
Electrical generator basics. Learn the basic operation of an electrical generator, learn how magnets are used to generate electricity in a coil of wire. We then cover 3 phase three phase electricity and briefly the star configuration in...
Professor Dave Explains
Faraday’s Law
A couple hundred years ago, Michael Faraday discovered that a changing magnetic field produces an electric field. What is the relationship between these two fields and how can we calculate it? Faraday's law deals with any open or closed...
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Electricity
In this video, students will learn about electricity, including its definition, how it is generated, and how it powers various devices. The video covers topics such as atoms and electrons, static electricity, electric generators, light...
Brightstorm
Faraday's Law Lenz's Law
Video tutorial investigates Faraday's law and how a changing magnetic flux can produce a flow of electricity. [9:18]
Crash Course
Crash Course Physics #34: Induction an Introduction
In this video episode of Crash Course Physics, Megneto helps Shini explain what induction is, how it works, and why magnetism is so seemingly complicated. [9:49]
Crash Course
Crash Course History of Science #27: Electricity
The study of electricity goes all the way back to antiquity. But, by the time electricity started to become more well known, a few familiar names started to appear. Edison, Galvani, Ohm, Ampere, Volta, and a few others really changed the...