The Sixty Symbols team takes on Portal 2.
posted by RFlagg
1 decade 3 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 3,901 views • 10:42
Sixty Symbols
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Ever been confused by all the letters and squiggles used by scientists?
Sixty Symbols is a collection of videos about physics and astronomy presented by experts from The University of Nottingham.
They aren't lessons or lectures - and this site has never tried to be an online reference book. The films are just fun chats with men and women who love their subject and know a lot about it!
Sometimes there's no symbol to tell a story (like Schrödinger's cat).
However whatever symbol you click on, I hope you'll see something interesting and maybe learn something new.
If there's a symbol you'd like explained, contact the creators at sixtysymbols@hotmail.co.uk
1 decade 3 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 3,901 views • 10:42
Ok, I admit it. Nerd crush on Prof Moriarty.
posted by berticus
1 decade 4 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 879 views
Sixty Symbols explains the differences between Special and General Relativity and answers if they could change the value of any constant what would it be and why.
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 4 years 2 months ago • 865 views
The scientists at Sixty Symbols attempt to explain what would happen if you put your hand in the Large Hadron Collider. They have a few hypotheses, but nothing that can reach the theory level yet. Other... continue reading
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 4 years 2 months 4 weeks ago • 5,555 views • 13:19
Some of the Sixty Symbols team explain star classification and how our sun is presently a G2V star.
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 4 years 2 months 1 week ago • 1,518 views
A couple of the guys from Sixty Symbols talk about "Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov's winning of the 2010 Nobel Prize in physics from work on graphene." They explain what they did and why it is physics... continue reading
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 4 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 2,059 views
The Sixty Symbols team talks about what happens when black holes collide. Then they discuss sunsets and if they enjoy it just for the beauty of it, or if they are thinking about the science of it when... continue reading
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 4 years 1 month ago • 2,248 views
From YT: It's the most famous science equation in history... but E=mc² is not technically correct.
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 4 years 1 month 1 week ago • 5,255 views
Dark Matter - What is this mysterious substance, Where is it, Who Discovered it and How. And some chocolate pie is thrown in as well.
posted by reiwan
1 decade 4 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 1,659 views
The Nottingham professors are back with a short video about the planet Neptune. Learn how it was discovered in a new way, its moon Tritan, that orbits in an interesting way, and how the rings of Neptune... continue reading
posted by reiwan 1 decade 4 years 9 months ago • 1,167 views
Sir Isaac Newton is one of history's greatest scientists. But what was he like as a man?
posted by reiwan 1 decade 4 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1,970 views
We've all heard of Schrödinger's Cat, but do you know what it is?
posted by arvana
1 decade 5 years 5 months 1 week ago • 19,278 views
Our solar systems most visually beautiful planet, Saturn has a wealth of fascinating features. Learn a little bit about its ring system and the new giant ring that has been found. The "glory" of Saturn's... continue reading
posted by reiwan 1 decade 4 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 1,505 views
Find out some interesting bits of info about the largest planet in our solar system. Including how Jupiter was used to calculate the speed of light, different facts about Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto,... continue reading
posted by reiwan 1 decade 4 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 1,073 views
Learn interesting bits of info about Venus, including why Venus is used as an example of an Earth in a runaway greenhouse effect, the importance of Galileo's observations of Venus when combating the church's... continue reading
posted by reiwan 1 decade 4 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 781 views
One of the more interesting planets in our solar system, mainly due to it's unique orbit. Find out how Uranus was almost named George and how it received its current name, why it is blue, and other bits... continue reading
posted by reiwan 1 decade 4 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 1,047 views
For the first time ever, science levitates beer! In the interest of science, beer is levitated using magnetic levitation over a million times stronger than the Earth's magnetic field to see what would... continue reading
posted by reiwan 1 decade 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,353 views
a short (5 minute) presentation talking about why this toy is a "wonderful piece of physics". Something that Einstein himself could not figure out.
posted by reiwan 1 decade 5 years 3 months ago • 4,286 views
An explanation of what temperature is as it relates to the energy of a molecule, and the process of how physicists use lasers to cool atoms of gas.
posted by reiwan 1 decade 5 years 1 month ago • 3,506 views
What causes mirages? The science behind the phenomenon.
posted by reiwan 1 decade 4 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 1,637 views- 1
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