Some good physics educators on youtube?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion centers around recommendations for YouTube educators who effectively explain concepts in electricity, electromagnetism, and related mathematical topics. Participants share their experiences and seek resources to enhance their understanding of these subjects.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Technical explanation, Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses difficulty in understanding electricity and electromagnetism due to a lack of foundational knowledge and seeks detailed explanations from educators on YouTube.
  • Another participant recommends several YouTube channels, including Veritasium, Vsauce, Physics Girl, Minute Physics, and others, noting their collaborative nature and quality of content.
  • Specific channels for mathematics, such as Numberphile, Computerphile, and 3blue1brown, are suggested, with emphasis on their educational sequences like Essence of Calculus and Essence of Linear Algebra.
  • Additional recommendations include Mathologer, PBS Infinite Series, and Blackpenredpen for calculus problems.
  • A link to a list of science-related YouTube channels is shared, providing further resources for participants.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the value of the recommended YouTube channels, but there is no consensus on a single best resource, as multiple options are presented.

Contextual Notes

Participants express varying levels of familiarity with the recommended content, indicating potential gaps in foundational knowledge that may affect their understanding of the material presented in the videos.

Who May Find This Useful

Students in physics or related fields looking for supplemental educational resources, particularly those struggling with concepts in electricity, electromagnetism, and mathematics.

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HI!

I'm in first year physics right now doing the second part of my course - electricity and electromagnetism, and I'm REALLY struggling. This is mostly due to the fact that other than very basic, grade 11 circuits, I had no base going into electricity for first year physics because my teacher didn't get to it at all.

When we're doing things in our tutorial (like when my professor brings in objects for us to play around with), I am somewhat able to figure out what's going on, but I'm not confident with my approach.

If anyone knows of any specific educators on youtube who do a good job of explaining concepts in detail, could you please let me know?

Some of the youtube videos I've found don't explain the concept really well.
Thank you!
 
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Veritasium is one of the best. Also, vsauce, Physics girl and minute physics are great. As you check these channels out you’ll notice that they collaborate with another and so you’ll be able find more great folks.

Numberphile, computerphile and other Brady Harlan channels are good for math, and computer tech.

3blue1brown is great for math and physics theory. He has two fantastic sequences of videos Essence of Calculus, and Essence of Linear Algebra that you have to see.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw

Www.mathispower4u.com lists 5000 YouTube videos teaching prealgebra to first college calculus, diff eqns, linear algebra and statistics in 10 minute chunks.
 
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Thank you so much!

Also, thank you so much for the linear algebra ones! I took the course last term and tried to teach myself but uh don’t remember much, and I need it to do data reduction - forgot all about it!
 
A couple of more that I forgot:

mathologer

PBS Infinite Series math and science...

blackpenredpen for calculus problems...
 
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