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The Story of Physics

Weigh Archimedes' crown in water, build Ibn al-Haytham's dark room, drop a hammer and a feather on the Moon, and heat an object until the old physics broke. Physics was built by people, one experiment at a time.

4 lessons 47 min 215 XP

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Lessons

1🏛️Ancient ideas: Greece and ChinaSome ancient ideas were wrong for 2,000 years; others, like Archimedes' buoyancy, are still exactly right.11 min50 XP
2🕯️The golden age of Islamic scienceIn Baghdad, Cairo and beyond, scholars made experiment the judge of every theory.12 min55 XP
3🔭The scientific revolutionCopernicus moved the Earth, Galileo tested falling, Kepler found ellipses and Newton tied it all together.12 min55 XP
4🔥The century that broke physicsA glowing hot object refused to obey classical physics, and the 20th century rebuilt everything.12 min55 XP