History WebVideo / MinutePhysics

** The title ''[=MinutePhysics=]'' originally referred to the fact that all of the videos were approximately 1 minute long, but now, the videos are usually 4-7 minutes long.

* HurlItIntoTheSun: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHvR1fRTW8g This video]] explains why doing this is actually harder than it is supposed to be: while the Earth is pulled by the Sun, the Earth also orbits it ''fast'' (30 km/second, or 67000 mph), and to drop a thing from the Earth to the Sun you have to lose that superfast orbital speed. There are some alternatives, though: either go to the outskirts of the Solar System (where the orbital speed to shed is lower, since the gravity pull is weaker) or use gravitational assists to slow down and/or direct the thing into the Sun.

''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/minutephysics MinutePhysics]]'' is a series of videos on YouTube made by Henry Reich, a graduate of Grinnell College. They are physics-themed videos done in the form of Reich drawing pictures of things he talks about, and narrating. The title is an ArtifactTitle of when the videos were supposed to be only 1 minute long, but they are now usually 4-7 minutes long.

* ArtifactTitle: The title ''[=MinutePhysics=]'' originally referred to the fact that all of the videos were approximately 1 minute long, but now, the videos are usually 4-7 minutes long.

* SchrodingersCat: [[https://youtu.be/IOYyCHGWJq4 In this one]], as per tradition of Website/{{YouTube}} channels with at least one cat video in them.

!! ''[=MinutePhysics=] provides examples of:

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** They made a video with Michael Stevens from ''WebVideo/{{Vsauce}}'' discussing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN-FfJKgis8 what would it be like if the Earth were hollow]]. At the end, the video link to Vsauce's own video "Guns in Space", which links ''back'' to the [=MinutePhysics=] video, which links back to the Vsauce video, which links back to the [=MinutePhysics=] video, which links back to...
** They made a video with ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' explaining [[ how to go to space]], [[BuffySpeak using the ten hundred words people use the most]].
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The video "The Hairy Ball Theorem", which is about the topological theorem of that name which states that [[DoubleEntendre you can't comb a ball totally flat if it's covered entirely with hair]]. He then goes on to say things like "don't go wasting your time [[DoubleEntendre playing around with a hairy ball]] to try to prove this wrong". At the end, he says that, since the theorem applies not only to balls but any 3-dimensional objects without any holes, the next time a mathematician gives you trouble, you should ask them if they can [[DoubleEntendre comb a hairy banana]].

* GrandfatherParadox: A solution is given in one video: the "grandfather dies and you are not born" and "grandfather lives and you are born" situations actually happens simultaneously in a quantum superposition.

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* {{Crossover}}: They made a video with ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' explaining how to go to space, [[BuffySpeak using the ten hundred words people use the most]].
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The video ''The Hairy Ball Theorem'', which is about the topological theorem of that name which states that [[DoubleEntendre you can't comb a ball totally flat if it's covered entirely with hair]]. He then goes on to say things like "don't go wasting your time [[DoubleEntendre playing around with a hairy ball]] to try to prove this wrong". At the end, he says that, since the theorem applies not only to balls but any 3-dimensional objects without any holes, the next time a mathematician gives you trouble, you should ask them if they can [[DoubleEntendre comb a hairy banana]].
** In ''Ye Olde Debunking'', the word "thorn" is sometimes written as "þorn" (using the "thorn/th" letter).
* DoubleEntendre: Most of the things Henry says in ''The Hairy Ball Theorem''. [[note]] See DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything above. [[/note]]
* FreezeFrameBonus: In ''Grandfather Paradox'', a picture of [[Music/OneDirection a certain British boyband]] appears briefly as Henry mentions that time as we know so far only moves in [[VisualPun one direction]].

* HurlItIntoTheSun: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHvR1fRTW8g This video]] explains why doing this is actually harder than it is supposed to be: while the Earth is pulled by the Sun, the Earth also orbits it ''fast'' (3 km/second, or 6700 mph), and to drop a thing from the Earth to the Sun you have to lose that superfast orbital speed. There are some alternatives, though: either go to the outskirts of the Solar System (where the orbital speed to shed is lower, since the gravity pull is weaker) or use gravitational assists to slow down and/or direct the thing into the Sun.

* StickFigureAnimation: Humans (and cats and sheep) are drawn as stick figures. They even made a video explaining [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwkSAnLHm1Y how to draw a stick figure]].
* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: The "ye" part is explained in ''Ye Olde Debunking''; there used to be a glyph for "th", called "thorn" ("þ"), but when the glyph got dropped out of usage, the letter "y" is assumed instead because it looks like the "thorn" in handwritings.

''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/minutephysics Minute Physics]]'' is a series of videos on YouTube made by Henry Reich, a graduate of Grinnell College. They are physics-themed videos done in the form of Reich drawing pictures of things he talks about, and narrating. The title is an ArtifactTitle of when the videos were supposed to be only 1 minute long, but they are now usually 4-7 minutes long.

!! Minute Physics provides examples of:
* ArtifactTitle: The title ''Minute Physics'' originally referred to the fact that all of the videos were approximately 1 minute long, but now, the videos are usually 4-7 minutes long.

* HurlItIntoTheSun: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHvR1fRTW8g This]] explains why doing this is actually harder than it is supposed to be: while the Earth is pulled by the Sun, the Earth also orbits it ''fast'' (3 km/second, or 6700 mph), and to drop a thing from the Earth to the Sun you have to lose that superfast orbital speed. There are some alternatives, though: either go to the outskirts of the Solar System (where the orbital speed to shed is lower, since the gravity pull is weaker) or use gravitational assists to slow down and/or direct the thing into the Sun.

** In ''Ye Olde Debunking'', the word "thorn" is sometimes written as "Þorn" (using the "thorn/th" letter).

* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: The "ye" part is explained in ''Ye Olde Debunking''; there used to be a glyph for "th", called "thorn" ("Þ"), but when the glyph dropped out of usage, the letter "y" is assumed instead because it looks like the "thorn" in handwritings.

* FreezeFrameBonus: In ''Grandfather Paradox'', a picture of [[Music/OneDirection a certain British boyband]] appears briefly as Henry mentions that time only moves in one direction.
* GrandfatherParadox: A solution is given in one video: the "grandfather dies and you are not born" and "grandfather lives and you are born" situation actually happens simultaneously in a quantum superposition.

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