Ever been confused by all the letters and squiggles used by scientists? Hopefully these videos will unravel some of those mysteries.
Sixty Symbols is a collection of videos about physics and astronomy presented by experts from The University of Nottingham.
They aren’t lessons or lectures – and they never tried to be an online reference book. The films are just fun chats with men and women who love their subject and know a lot about it!
It’s worth noting many symbols have multiple uses across scientific disciplines and they sometimes tackle them from an unexpected viewpoint.
On gamma you’ll find a professor of physics talking about cricket balls… and on rho stuffing paper clips into coffee cups.
And sometimes when there’s no symbol to tell a story (like Schrödinger’s cat), they just make one up! Whatever video you watch, they hope you’ll see something interesting and maybe learn something new.
You may have noted more than sixty symbols in the playlist. That’s because when they finished, everyone asked for more. They’re currently working on the second sixty!
June 1, 2011 at 1:43 pm | Anonymous
This is one of the best physics documentaries, if you could call it that, I have ever seen. Very interesting and informational yet very easily understood for the most part.
June 1, 2011 at 11:24 pm | Recon
we must have seen different programs
June 3, 2011 at 11:11 pm | Crazysole
try watching it all….
August 25, 2011 at 7:37 pm | Simon Phaneuf
go see their youtube channel! you won’t regret it!
June 1, 2011 at 11:23 pm | Recon
lol…One of the worst Docs I’ve ever seen……got through 10 minutes and they still hadn’t said a goddam word sysmbols…just following some rather unattractive woman to china.
June 1, 2011 at 11:25 pm | Recon
oops..i ment ”about symbols”
June 13, 2011 at 1:12 am | Benjamin Heasly
That’s mean!
June 13, 2011 at 1:12 am | Benjamin Heasly
That’s mean!
June 13, 2011 at 1:12 am | Benjamin Heasly
That’s mean!
June 2, 2011 at 12:58 pm | Ebolter
not enough cartoon drawings for you ?
June 2, 2011 at 12:58 pm | Ebolter
not enough cartoon drawings for you ?
August 12, 2011 at 9:55 pm | Drywall
Congratulations on completely missing the point.
August 12, 2011 at 9:55 pm | Drywall
Congratulations on completely missing the point.
September 15, 2011 at 9:30 pm | David
This was just some woman ooing and aahh ing about going to china to watch a solar eclise !
September 15, 2011 at 9:30 pm | David
This was just some woman ooing and aahh ing about going to china to watch a solar eclise !