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Veritasium – The world in UV

Posted on August 25, 2018 by VCE Physics
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Professor Dave Explains: Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom

Posted on August 17, 2018 by justin

Why don’t protons and electrons just slam into each other and explode? Why do different elements emit light of different colors? Niels Bohr knew why. And now you will too!

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Professor Dave Explains: Wave-Particle Duality and the Photoelectric Effect

Posted on August 17, 2018 by justin

Look, up in the sky, it’s a particle! It’s a wave! Actually it’s both. It’s light! How do we know about this stuff? Well, because of Einstein for one. He did more than E = mc^2, you know. But don’t … Continue reading →

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Muon decay

Posted on June 10, 2018 by VCE Physics

How can the decay of muons produced in the Earth’s upper atmosphere provide evidence for the Special Theory of Relativity?

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Fermilab: Relativity series with Dr Don Lincoln

Posted on June 6, 2018 by VCE Physics

What is relativity all about? Relativistic velocity: When 1 + 1 = 1 Why can’t you go faster than light? Relativity: how people get time dilation wrong Relativity’s key concept: Lorentz gamma Einstein’s clocks Twin paradox: the real explanation Length … Continue reading →

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Breakthrough Junior Challenge: Some Cool Ways of Looking at the Special Theory of Relativity

Posted on June 6, 2018 by VCE Physics
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Frame of Essence – The light that will light the way

Posted on June 3, 2018 by VCE Physics

Are you really standing still? The Michelson-Morley Experiment Time dilation The Cosmic Speed Limit Mass-Energy Equivalence – E=mc²

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Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the Michelson-Morley experiment

Posted on June 3, 2018 by VCE Physics
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How Three Phase Electricity works

Posted on June 1, 2018 by VCE Physics
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Minute Physics – Relativity

Posted on May 31, 2018 by VCE Physics
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