Wired Magazine recently published a list of some of the best physics videos on the web. Featuring tesla coils, superconductors, raps and superfluids - the list proves that there's plenty of videos out there that will make many people go wow-wow-wow in wonder at what physics is all about. It's also a great resource for teachers looking for short video clips to impress the kids. Here's just a few of them:
Everyone knows that helium can make your voice sound high like a chipmunk, but what will happen when Adam Savage inhales some gas that is over five times denser than air?:
Japanese astronaut Takao Doi proves that a boomerang will always return to the person who threw it -- even in outer space:
Superconducting levitation: A fantastic lesson about exotic materials and magnetism in just over six minutes:
Check out their user comments section also for other great videos that Wired didn't feature.
Steve Ward can tune his Tesla coil so that the crackle of each spark sounds
like a musical note:
like a musical note:
Everyone knows that helium can make your voice sound high like a chipmunk, but what will happen when Adam Savage inhales some gas that is over five times denser than air?:
Japanese astronaut Takao Doi proves that a boomerang will always return to the person who threw it -- even in outer space:
Superconducting levitation: A fantastic lesson about exotic materials and magnetism in just over six minutes:
Check out their user comments section also for other great videos that Wired didn't feature.
