• jdr@lemmy.ml
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    9 hours ago

    Just as God intended.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO0r930Sn_8

    That dude shared the Nobel prize for Quantum Electrodynamics, and is a legend of teaching physics. That few minutes might not teach you all about magnets, but it might convince you that understanding them is a a big big question.

    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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      5 hours ago

      Another interesting thing about Feyman’s video is that since the time he made this, the reason of why ice is slippery has actually changed, and his long-standing theory is no longer observed as correct. It’s a different reason, involving dipoles.