James Clerk Maxwell — Person Summaries
AI-powered summaries of 9 videos about James Clerk Maxwell.
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The Big Misconception About Electricity
A common misconception about electricity says energy rides along with electrons through a continuous wire loop. The more accurate picture: electrical...
The Insane Math Of Knot Theory
Knot theory turns “tangled rope” into a rigorous system for distinguishing shapes that can’t be untied without cutting—an effort that now underpins...
The Quantum Experiment that Broke Reality | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios
A single-particle double-slit experiment delivers the central shock: interference patterns emerge even when photons (or electrons, or even large...
Real World Telekinesis (feat. Neil Turok)
Telekinesis sounds like supernatural mind power, but modern physics treats “motion at a distance” as an illusion created by something more concrete:...
Why π is in the normal distribution (beyond integral tricks)
Pi’s appearance in the normal distribution isn’t a coincidence of algebra—it comes from geometry and from the way Gaussian shapes are forced by...
Space Time Livestream: Ask Matt Anything
A live Q&A with PBS Space Time turns physics questions into a tour of how “laws of nature” might be understood—through relativity, quantum...
Reversing Entropy with Maxwell's Demon
Maxwell’s demon doesn’t actually break the second law of thermodynamics. It temporarily lowers entropy inside a sealed box by using information about...
How Luminiferous Aether Led to Relativity
By the end of the 19th century, physics looked nearly finished—until the Michelson–Morley experiment failed to detect the luminiferous ether,...
How Close To The Sun Can Humanity Get?
Humanity’s closest-ever approach to the Sun is coming with NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, a mission designed to solve a practical problem with...