Going round in circles – how do we do it?
A presentation showing both the ideas about centripetal force and a simple classroom method of checking the way in which this force is related to mass, speed and radius.
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A short clip showing the experimental measurement of the speed of electrical pulses in a cable - a large fraction of the speed of light.
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A presentation showing how to measure the speed of sound over a short distance on a laboratory table.
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A short clip showing the measurement of the speed of sound over short distances.
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The main problems associated with communicating with distant space probes like Voyager 1 are investigated. The role played by diffraction in limiting the amount of power receivable on Earth is discussed. The further problems of reaching a nearby st....
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A brief look at the Physics behind sending signals along cables and via geostationary satellites. An experiment to measure the speed of an electrical pulse in a cable is described and the Physics of the orbits of communcations satellites is develope....
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A review of the properties and behaviour of liquid crystals. Temperature effects.
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The use of gamma-ray spectroscopy to study the structure of less well-known nuclei.
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Astrophysics is one of the driving forces behind the study of nuclear reactions and nuclear structure. The FSU Department of Nuclear Physics has the facilities and techniques needed to experimentally explore both of these topics. This video briefly....
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A look at what was known when Newton started to develop his theory of gravitation and how he used these ideas and data to make his great forward step
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Standard analysis of the relativistic dynamics of scattering on a step potential leads to a paradox that contradicts the standard interpretation of a wave function in nonrelativistic theory. It is shown how is this result obtained by not being carefu....
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