Sixty Symbols is a YouTube channel for physics and astronomy. The original run of videos focused on commonly used physics notations. Since then, videos on topics such as the greenhouse effect, the age of the universe, and several on black holes have been released.
From Sixty Symbols. Ed Copeland and Tony Padilla answer a viewer question about the rights/wrongs of String Theory and its proof … More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Ed and Tony are physicists at The University of Nottingham and Sixty Symbols stalwarts. More from this Q and A session: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNLpmQg4SSZ6tMsyDldilnA Ed: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/ed.copeland Tony:…
From Sixty Symbols. Professor Mike Merrifield retires from research astronomy (and becomes an emeritus professor instead) — More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ He’ll keep making videos with us here on Sixty Symbols and Deep Sky Videos. Mike Merrifield longer podcast interview: https://youtu.be/oObkD2G9CTM Mike video playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNGAgplgACrGL9UlxyDHq7k Mike on social media: https://x.com/AstroMikeMerri/ Roger…
From Sixty Symbols. Ed and Tony talk about actually "doing" theoretical physics – and meeting fans of their videos. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Featuring Tony Padilla and Ed Copeland from the University of Nottingham. More videos with Ed: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNtF1y-sneLuyCTE-Mda561 More videos with Tony: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBPJmX64Jay51cdZTKMz4ACs Tony’s paper – Horndeski speed tests with…
From Sixty Symbols. Explaining a photon at varying levels of difficulty. Another viewer question tackled by Ed and Tony. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Featuring Tony Padilla and Ed Copeland from the University of Nottingham. More videos with Ed: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNtF1y-sneLuyCTE-Mda561 More videos with Tony: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBPJmX64Jay51cdZTKMz4ACs Where are the white holes? – https://youtu.be/cGHDl_HqdAg…
From Sixty Symbols. This video features Juan Garrahan, Phil Moriarty and Mike Pound… More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks”. Nobel Prize press release – https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2024/press-release/ Phil…
From Sixty Symbols. Two viewer questions about huge numbers and white holes. Learn more about the Jane Street internships at https://jane-st.co/internships-ss More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Featuring Tony Padilla and Ed Copeland. More videos with Ed: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNtF1y-sneLuyCTE-Mda561 More videos with Tony: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBPJmX64Jay51cdZTKMz4ACs Some big number videos on Brady’s Numberphile channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWJ_FwchNAjB3xa8UnoKdmQI Tony…
From Sixty Symbols. We discuss the UK’s "clearing" system, where students make last-minute applications for university… often after disappointing high school results. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ This video features Professors Meghan Gray and Philip Moriarty… Meghan is the undergraduate admissions tutor for The University of Nottingham’s School of Physics and Astronomy……
From Sixty Symbols. We discuss the problem with ranking universities using so-called "league tables". More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ In this video we hear from Professor Philip Moriarty, Meghan Gray and Mike Merrifield… All are from the University of Nottingham and are expressing their personal views on league tables. This video features…
From Sixty Symbols. Professor Philip Moriarty on why failure is not the end of the road… More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Also in this little collection of videos… The Problem with University League Tables: https://youtu.be/3zSkxkXkJHE The Clearing System (last-minute university applications): https://youtu.be/hvPdSFa3eGo This project features scientists from The University of Nottingham http://bit.ly/NottsPhysics…
From Sixty Symbols. The XRISM X-Ray telescope is doing some good science – despite a "lens cap" being stuck in place. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ This video features Mike Merrifield, emeritus professor at the University of Nottingham – https://about.me/michael.merrifield XRISM (NASA) – https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/xrism/ XRISM (JAXA) – https://www.xrism.jaxa.jp/en/ A paper about the…
From Sixty Symbols. Professor Ed Copeland discusses the origin of particles – including talk about inflation, re-heating, the Big Bang, and oscillons. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ New paper by Ed and collaborators… Formation and decay of oscillons after inflation in the presence of an external coupling, Part-I: Lattice simulations: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.00108 More…
From Sixty Symbols. Professor Meghan Gray discusses the 4m International Liquid Mirror Telescope in India – and does a demo. More links below ↓ ↓ ↓ More at: https://www.aries.res.in/facilities/astronomical-telescopes/ilmt Or: http://www.ilmt.ulg.ac.be/home/ Professor Gray at the University of Nottingham: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/meghan.gray With thanks to Paul Munday for setting up the demo. More videos with Professor Gray: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBORQN625NgO3c4T82M6w2st…
From Sixty Symbols. Professor Mike Merrifield discusses a recent paper about biosignatures and the search for extraterrestrial life. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Is There Such a Thing as a Biosignature? – https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/ast.2023.0042 Professor Merrifield: https://twitter.com/AstroMikeMerri More videos with Professor Merrifield: https://bit.ly/Merrifield_Playlist Dr Emma Chapman’s recent video on SETI and the Drake…
From Sixty Symbols. Astronomer Dr Emma Chapman discusses SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence), the Drake Equation, and other stuff about the hunt for intelligent life beyond Earth. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Biosignature video as promised – https://youtu.be/BwMPwsV_mXQ Dr Chapman: https://dr-emma-chapman.com Physics and Astronomy at The University of Nottingham http://bit.ly/NottsPhysics Previous…
From Sixty Symbols. Dr Emma Chapman discusses Earendel (WHL0137-LS) – a distant star discovered by sheer luck, More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Dr Emma Chapman: https://dr-emma-chapman.com First Light by Dr Chapman (Amazon link): https://amzn.to/41RH7Ec The University of Nottingham physics and astronomy: http://bit.ly/NottsPhysics Deep Sky Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/deepskyvideos JWST Imaging of Earendel, the Extremely…
From Sixty Symbols. Oliver Gould & Swagat Mishra discuss groundbreaking findings in the field of gravitational waves. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ The North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) Collaboration: https://nanograv.org Oliver Gould and Swagat Mishar are physicists at the University of Nottingham. More about the School of Physics and…
From Sixty Symbols. We discuss a campaign to stop scientists being called "boffins". More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Featuring University of Nottingham scientists Phil Moriarty, Martyn Poliakoff, Emma Chapman, and Oliver Gould. Here is the Institute of Physics "Bin the Boffin" campaign – https://www.iop.org/strategy/limit-less/bin-the-boffin And the Daily Star’s response: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/eggheads-want-term-boffin-banned-29574611 Brady’s other…