minutephysics’ most viewed videos of 2012
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Is it Better to Walk or Run in the Rain?
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What if the Earth were Hollow?
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Einstein's Proof of E=mc²
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Common Physics Misconceptions
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There is no "Fourth" dimension
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Why is it Dark at Night?
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E=mc² is Incomplete
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The Origin of Quantum Mechanics (feat. Neil Turok)
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How far is a second?
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Does the Universe Have a Purpose? feat. Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Proof Without Words: The Circle
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TOP 10 REASONS Why We Know the Earth is Round
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The Higgs Boson, Part I
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Usain Bolt vs. Gravity
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2012 Nobel Prize: How Do We See Light?
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Theory of Everything: What is Matter?
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How to Count Infinity
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Round Triangles!
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Real World Telekinesis (feat. Neil Turok)
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Is There Poop on the Moon? ft. Smarter Every Day
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What are years... and the galactic supermassive black hole!
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Open Letter to the President: Physics Education
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Why the solar system can exist
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Every Force in Nature (Theory of Everything, Part III)
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Theory of Everything (intro)
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The Tides
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What is Touch?
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Einstein and The Special Theory of Relativity
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Can we Predict Everything?
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The Higgs Boson, Part II: What is Mass?
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Albert Einstein: The Size and Existence of Atoms
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How to Simulate the Universe on your Laptop
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Is Racewalking a Sport?
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Ye Olde Debunking
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Albert Einstein: Why Light is Quantum
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Picture of the Big Bang (a.k.a. Oldest Light in the Universe)
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Higgs Boson Part III: How to Discover a Particle
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Tutorial: Rocket Science! (plus special announcement)
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Football, Physics, and Symmetry
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London Bridge Was Sold to the US!?
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Open Letter to the Universe
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VomitPhysics! Physics of Fiction
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SMBC Physics: Why are stones round? feat. Zach Weiner
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Speed of Light Thank You!
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The Most Burly Hurls
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AMAZING Simulation of the Evolution of the Universe
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MinutePhysics Birthday
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ten-second physics #1
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Blackout
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Tour of the Map of the Big Bang