Fundamental Physics Videos Hacker News Recommends — Page 2

talk#1823

Should Google Go Nuclear? Clean, cheap, nuclear power (no, really)

GoogleTalksArchive

“it's an intense, fast-paced, insightful, and (likely) final public look into his mind, his work, and his character.”

2 HN recommenders · 2012–2019

explainer#1841

Why is the Solar System Flat?

minutephysics

“I like this video from minutephysics to get an intuitive sense for it”

3 HN recommenders · 2014–2025

demo#1905

Backspin Basketball Flies Off Dam

Veritasium

“There's a great Veritasium video explaining the Magnus effect and the Flettner rotor here”

3 HN recommenders · 2015–2021

explainer#1958

How does a whip break the sound barrier? (Slow Motion Shockwave formation) - Smarter Every Day 207

SmarterEveryDay

“I highly recommend it.”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

explainer#1977

Why does light slow down in water?

Fermilab

“See this video for an explanation of why light travels slower through a medium with an index of refraction greater than one.”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

interview#2063

The complete FUN TO IMAGINE with Richard Feynman

Christopher Sykes

“Pondering these questions and learning about them gives joy, excitement, peace of mind and is my great hobby.”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2022

explainer#2103

Light Waves Visualized using Photon Sieves.

Huygens Optics

“It shows how the interference patterns actually look.”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2022

explainer#2219

Risking My Life To Settle A Physics Debate

Veritasium

“The visual that made it click for me was at 18:54 in the original video”

5 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

podcast#2257

Roger Penrose: Physics of Consciousness and the Infinite Universe | Lex Fridman Podcast #85

Lex Fridman

“Penrose delivered a very accessible walkthrough of his historical and current thoughts on the topic.”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2022

lecture#2267

Lecture 1 | Modern Physics: Classical Mechanics (Stanford)

Stanford

“He is a very good explainer.”

3 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

explainer#2293

Turning Waves Into Particles

Huygens Optics

“the explanation is beautiful in its simplicity”

2 HN recommenders · 2025

explainer#2322

Reynolds Number - Numberphile

Numberphile

“I think this is a good lay-person's introduction to basis of Kolmogorov's length scale, specifically the Reynold's number”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2021

course#2330

The Maths of General Relativity (1/8) - Spacetime and Worldlines

ScienceClic English

“it covers it with incredible visualizations and pedagogical approach”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

explainer#2335

A Physics Professor Bet Me $10,000 I'm Wrong

Veritasium

“The small demonstration that made it click for me is from that video”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

explainer#2458

Magnetohydrodynamics - Propelling Liquid Metal with Magnets!

Tech Ingredients

“There's a great video from one of my favorite YouTube channels about Magnetohydrodynamic drives.”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2023

lecture#2477

The Scientific Method-Richard Feynman

Sképseis

“That is the scientific method. And it is presented by one of our best ever thinkers.”

2 HN recommenders · 2014–2023

documentary#2491

Feynman: Take the world from another point of view (1/4)

Aaron Scher

“I love this old Horizon as well”

2 HN recommenders · 2009–2023

course#2542

Episode 1: Introduction - The Mechanical Universe

caltech

“Hands down best: David Goodstein, CalTech,”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2024

lecture#2581

Lecture by Douglas Hofstadter: Albert Einstein on Light; Light on Albert Einstein

Uppsala universitet

“that I often revisit”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

explainer#2609

The Absurdity of Detecting Gravitational Waves

Veritasium

“Here is a great video with explanations”

3 HN recommenders · 2017–2019

lecture#2614

Why is Time a One-Way Street?

Santa Fe Institute

“Highly recommend the talk.”

2 HN recommenders · 2014–2022

explainer#2646

The Strangest Implication of Quantum Mechanics

Veritasium

“this veritasium video is quite eye opening”

3 HN recommenders · 2025

interview#2677

Feynman: Magnets FUN TO IMAGINE 4 But see NEW UPDATED file at https://tinyurl.com/ycphc432

Christopher Sykes

“mhartl has already posted this excellent video”

3 HN recommenders · 2010–2017

talk#2680

David Deutsch on Physics Without Probability

Simon Benjamin

“Worth a watch especially if you balk at this idea just to to see a strong counter argument.”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

podcast#2717

Stephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe | Lex Fridman Podcast #124

Lex Fridman

“He has three long interviews on Lex Fridmans youtube channel! I greatly enjoyed watching those those.”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

explainer#2725

Complete Solution To The Twins Paradox

minutephysics

“Minute Physics did a good couple of videos on this”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2021

explainer#2741

The Geometry of Causality

PBS Space Time

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2022

podcast#2758

Eric Weinstein: Revolutionary Ideas in Science, Math, and Society | Lex Fridman Podcast #16

Lex Fridman

“Eric Weinstein (a bit kooky) explains his view on the trenches of advanced mathematics/physics”

2 HN recommenders · 2019

talk#2822

Physics in Clojure - Colin Smith

ClojureTV

“The Strange Loop talk [3] is a good showcase of the power and simplicity of these kind of systems.”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

explainer#2845

I Think Faster Than Light Travel is Possible. Here's Why.

Sabine Hossenfelder

“She does seem to have a pretty compelling argument that the speed of light may not be the maximum speed.”

2 HN recommenders · 2023

explainer#2859

I recently learned that waste heat will boil the oceans in about 400 years.

Sabine Hossenfelder

“You might enjoy Sabine Hossenfelder's video exploring this”

2 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

explainer#2926

All you need to know to understand 5G

Sabine Hossenfelder

“this is an even-handed (reasonably well-informed) take on the matter from physicist Sabine Hossenfelder”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

explainer#2946

The Physics of Life (ft. It's Okay to be Smart & PBS Eons!)

PBS Space Time

“it's a very good video on this topic by PBS”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

explainer#2956

Superluminal Time Travel + Time Warp Challenge Answer

PBS Space Time

“One video with no maths required.”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2022

commentary#3003

My dream died, and now I'm here

Sabine Hossenfelder

“this video[0] from Sabine Hossenfelder about academics in general is eye opening.”

2 HN recommenders · 2024

explainer#3058

Power is not energy: why the difference matters

Technology Connections

“Technology Connections made a pretty good 52 minute video about it the other month”

2 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

explainer#3072

The Equation That Explains (Nearly) Everything!

PBS Space Time

“PBS Spacetime has a very good video[0] that helps visualize what's going on in the equation, recent too!”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

explainer#3117

The Most Radioactive Places on Earth

Veritasium

“There was a great video by the Veritasium guy on it”

2 HN recommenders · 2015–2021

explainer#3137

What if you could only see the world in UV?

Veritasium

“Veritasium has a video using a special UV setup, it's pretty cool”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2021

music#3143

Flanders & Swann - 'First And Second Law'

notsyort

“The classic Flanders and Swann explanation”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

lecture#3158

Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE) -- Dynamics and Bifurcations

Nathan Kutz

“you can still enjoy the pretty damn cool high speed imaging of the detonation waves in this type of engine”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

lecture#3163

Richard Feynman on hungry philosophers (or do we see objects or only their light)

Zero

“A cute video of Feynman answering the question of whether you're seeing an object, or only the light from an object, when looking at it”

2 HN recommenders · 2012–2021

explainer#3221

We all move at the Speed of Light

ScienceClic English

“I know a lot of people find this video helpful in conceptualizing things.”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

explainer#3379

Can The Human Body Handle Rotating Artificial Gravity?

Scott Manley

“Scott Manley has a great video on artificial gravity in space”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

explainer#3386

How Do Bikes Stay Up?

minutephysics

“minutephysics had a great video about this too”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2024

interview#3388

Feynman: Mathematicians versus Physicists

TehPhysicalist

“Feynman's quite interesting talking about it here”

2 HN recommenders · 2014–2022

lecture#3416

What is the Ultraviolet Catastrophe?

Physics Explained

“I had just finished watching a wonderful video on the "Ultraviolet Catastrophe”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

explainer#3443

The Unreasonable Efficiency of Black Holes

minutephysics

“For readers who want some quick info”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2025