Favorite physics videos on internet

In summary: Please post your replies :(In summary, these videos are very helpful for understanding physics concepts. Some of my favorites are Walter Lewin, Leonard Susskind, and Carl Sagan.
  • #1
Avijeet
39
0
Hi Friends,

I thought it would be interesting if all of us put our favorite physics video links that are available in the internet for all to share. Here's a list of mine:

1. Walter Lewin lecture series from MIT


2. Leonard Susskind lectures from Stanford


3. Carl Sagan's Cosmos series


Kindly add your favorites to this list. Let us all enjoy these masterpieces :)
Cheers.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Physics news on Phys.org
  • #2


Some more of my favorites

4. The elegant universe by Brian Greene
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #3


wow nice one, never imagined that i could learn physics from youtube
 
  • #4


Hi friends,

Please post your replies :(
 
  • #5


I like Dr. Quantum;
Double Slit Experiment:
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #6


Richard Dawkins- growing up in the universe (theory of evolution)
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #7


The engineer in this video died a few weeks ago. His funeral was attended by Bob Pease who was killed in a car crash leaving the funeral. Both men were well known in Silicon Valley.

 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #8


WOW! Skeptic2 that video was AWESOME!

It was neat to see a demo video on youtube that wasn't trying to violate any established conservation laws. Also, the concepts in that video have inspired a few ideas of my own that I think could help me get past a serious problem in my own personal research...Many thanks :smile:
 
  • #10


I am a big fan of the http://www.dimensions-math.org/Dim_E.htm" [Broken] series - the visualisations are beautiful, especially the long zoom deep into a Mandelbrot set in Ep 6!
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #11


Cryptonic said:
I am a big fan of the http://www.dimensions-math.org/Dim_E.htm" [Broken] series - the visualisations are beautiful, especially the long zoom deep into a Mandelbrot set in Ep 6!

Hi, Thanks.
Just saw the Dimensions series, the visualizations blew mind. Its wonderful. Thanks for posting this.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #13
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #14


It's not physics, but this is probably one of the greatest science videos online in my opinion

Short version


Longer version with commentary
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #16


Since most of these videos aren't physics I might as well post something that isn't 100% physics:


Nano, the next dimension (Film produced for European Commission)
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #17




My absolute favorite. Never gets old :D
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #18



Julius Sumner miller
these also never get old!
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #19


Which videos actually *use* animations along with explanations? I only find video lectures effective if they actually have animations.

The Mechanical Universe is the one I really know of (just skip Goodstein's stuff and the history stuff).
 
  • #21


He was over 90 years old when he made those. While I greatly respect his longevity and achievements even at over 90 (one of my old email addresses was even named after him), it's still nearly impossible to follow his words when he's that old. :(
 
  • #22


I found a weird video on youtube that teaches specific heat.

Physics! with Cactuar and Tonberry
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #23


I know they're old but Feynmans "Messanger Lectures" on the character of physical law.
 
  • #24


Avijeet said:
Hi Friends,

I thought it would be interesting if all of us put our favorite physics video links that are available in the internet for all to share. Here's a list of mine:

1. Walter Lewin lecture series from MIT


2. Leonard Susskind lectures from Stanford


3. Carl Sagan's Cosmos series


Kindly add your favorites to this list. Let us all enjoy these masterpieces :)
Cheers.


walter lewin is my favorite also
he put so much work into his lectures
apparently he used to rehearse 3 dry runs before doing his lectures every week
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #25
Sidney Coleman's http://www.physics.harvard.edu/about/Phys253.html. I went through these over and over during my QFT class last year. I really feel like he has been my teacher.
 
  • #26
matonski said:
Sidney Coleman's http://www.physics.harvard.edu/about/Phys253.html. I went through these over and over during my QFT class last year. I really feel like he has been my teacher.

Someone sent me a private message asking about a better version of these videos. It won't let me respond so I'll just respond here for everyone. Anyway, I don't know of better videos, but after awhile, you can start to see what he writes on the board. Especially in some of the later videos.

Also, there are some student notes for the first semester of the course taught 11 years later here. The content and ordering are almost exactly the same. Most of the second semester stuff can be found in his book https://www.amazon.com/dp/0521318270/?tag=pfamazon01-20.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #27


Thank you matonski.
 
  • #28


Just one out of many songs about physics:

 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #29


Here are a great set of supersymmetry lectures.
 
  • #30


Third on Feynman's Messenger Lectures; what you learn probably won't appear on a test but the man has a way of seeing into the matrix.
 
  • #31
For the German speakers out there, Professor Harold Lesch's series Alpha Centauri is great for astrophysics. There are a ton of 15 minute podcasts from 1999-2007

http://www.br.de/fernsehen/br-alpha/sendungen/alpha-centauri/alpha-centauri-videothek-videos100.html

Another series (also in German) that I like is Mathematik zum Anfassen:

http://www.br.de/fernsehen/br-alpha...-zum-anfassen/mathematik-zum-anfassen102.html
 
  • #33


I like Prof. Brad Osgood's lectures on Fourier Transform
http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2252/The-Fourier-Transform-and-its-Applications

also Hans Bethe's popular lectures on QM
http://randomknowledge.wordpress.com/2007/03/04/quantum-physics-made-relatively-simple/

also Arthur Mattuck's lectures on Diff. Eq. from MIT
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-03-differential-equations-spring-2010/video-lectures/

also Perimeter Scholars International lectures
http://www.perimeterscholars.org./253.html

and Leonard Susskind's lectures from Stanford I lke most of all.
 
  • #34


My high school physics teacher makes videos for my class that are actually pretty good and I almost even like watching them. They are all on this channel...

http://www.youtube.com/user/dcaulf

He assigns them as homework then we practice stuff in class.

I checked out a couple videos from the above links... not sure I'm ready for that stuff yet...
 
  • #35


I was just about to say susskind's lectures then I saw that you already had them
If it wasn't for those lectures I would never have found my love of maths and physics :3

Prof Balakrishnan has some pretty good lectures on classical and quantum physics on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/user/nptelhrd
 
<h2>1. What are some popular physics videos on the internet?</h2><p>Some popular physics videos on the internet include "The Feynman Lectures on Physics," "MinutePhysics," "Veritasium," "Vsauce," and "Physics Girl."</p><h2>2. Are there any physics videos suitable for beginners?</h2><p>Yes, there are plenty of physics videos on the internet that are suitable for beginners. Some channels, like "MinutePhysics" and "Physics Girl," specialize in making complex physics concepts easy to understand for beginners.</p><h2>3. Are there any physics videos that cover advanced topics?</h2><p>Yes, there are many physics videos on the internet that cover advanced topics. Channels like "Veritasium" and "Vsauce" often delve into more complex and thought-provoking physics concepts.</p><h2>4. Can I find videos on specific physics topics?</h2><p>Yes, there are many channels on the internet that cover specific physics topics. Some channels, like "Sixty Symbols" and "Physics Girl," have videos dedicated to specific topics like relativity, quantum mechanics, and astrophysics.</p><h2>5. Are there any interactive physics videos on the internet?</h2><p>Yes, there are some interactive physics videos on the internet. Some channels, like "PhET Interactive Simulations," offer simulations and virtual experiments that allow viewers to interact and learn about various physics concepts.</p>

1. What are some popular physics videos on the internet?

Some popular physics videos on the internet include "The Feynman Lectures on Physics," "MinutePhysics," "Veritasium," "Vsauce," and "Physics Girl."

2. Are there any physics videos suitable for beginners?

Yes, there are plenty of physics videos on the internet that are suitable for beginners. Some channels, like "MinutePhysics" and "Physics Girl," specialize in making complex physics concepts easy to understand for beginners.

3. Are there any physics videos that cover advanced topics?

Yes, there are many physics videos on the internet that cover advanced topics. Channels like "Veritasium" and "Vsauce" often delve into more complex and thought-provoking physics concepts.

4. Can I find videos on specific physics topics?

Yes, there are many channels on the internet that cover specific physics topics. Some channels, like "Sixty Symbols" and "Physics Girl," have videos dedicated to specific topics like relativity, quantum mechanics, and astrophysics.

5. Are there any interactive physics videos on the internet?

Yes, there are some interactive physics videos on the internet. Some channels, like "PhET Interactive Simulations," offer simulations and virtual experiments that allow viewers to interact and learn about various physics concepts.

Similar threads

Replies
1
Views
1K
Replies
42
Views
86K
  • Science and Math Textbooks
2
Replies
45
Views
7K
Replies
1
Views
24K
  • Art, Music, History, and Linguistics
4
Replies
122
Views
3K
Replies
5
Views
12K
  • STEM Academic Advising
Replies
14
Views
550
Replies
2
Views
2K
  • STEM Academic Advising
Replies
8
Views
1K
Replies
8
Views
3K
Back
Top