{"id":182,"date":"2024-07-15T20:29:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T03:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/kresin\/?page_id=182"},"modified":"2026-04-08T22:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T05:15:09","slug":"physics-links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/kresin\/physics-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Physics Links"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Units, graphs, and vectors\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/msp98\/orbiter\/\">Mars Climate Orbiter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Rx-5dCXx1SI\">Babylonian astronomers and the motion of Jupiter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phet.colorado.edu\/sims\/html\/vector-addition\/latest\/vector-addition_en.html\">Vector addition<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Kinematics, forces, and frames of reference\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/blog\/science-ticker\/littlest-chameleons-pack-powerful-tongues\">Chameleons\u2019 tongues<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.physics-chemistry-interactive-flash-animation.com\/mechanics_forces_gravitation_energy_interactive\/frame_of_reference_motion_child_ball_train.htm\">Frames of reference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CVvk0ve36bk\">Bowling ball accident<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phet.colorado.edu\/sims\/html\/projectile-motion\/latest\/projectile-motion_en.html\">Projectile motion<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The squirting cucumber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/26\/science\/squirting-cucumber-seeds\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">story<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/full\/10.1073\/pnas.2410420121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/103\/34\/12787\/suppl\/DC1\">Trap-jaw ants<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Peru\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/plants-and-animals\/perus-slingshot-spider-can-propel-itself-100-times-faster-than-a-cheetah\/\">slingshot<\/a>\u00a0spider<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.titlemax.com\/articles\/newtons-laws-of-motion-and-car-physics\/\">Newton\u2019s Laws links<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exrx.net\/Kinesiology\/AnglePull#ComponentsForce\">Mechanics in exercise<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U47xzuyQgbA\">USC Biomechanics Research Lab &#8211; The science of track and field<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5K50iU0QJ0c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Long jump (center of mass)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Linear momentum\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phet.colorado.edu\/sims\/html\/collision-lab\/latest\/collision-lab_en.html\">Collisions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2OTOgTZRmNw&amp;feature=player_detailpage\">Kittens vs. Newton\u2019s cradle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.1205446109\">How mosquitoes survive in the rain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mediaplayer.pearsoncmg.com\/assets\/secs-vtd16_waterrocket\">Water rocket<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dynamics.eps.hw.ac.uk\/Crossed_Molecular_Beams.php\">Crossed molecular beams<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZqVCDpF-k_0\">Airplane door in the tree<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pCflfVAjvCA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flyboarding 1<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pqZMWFnC_lU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flyboarding 2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Energy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/06\/03\/business\/energy-environment\/biggest-batteries.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to store energy to run a city<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gZdpXjuCxCo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pumped hydropower storage at Lake Castaic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Gravity and\u00a0weightlesness\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l7tEA8Vtc0o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hammer and feather experiment on the moon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E43-CfukEgs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coin and feather experiment in the world&#8217;s largest vacuum chamber<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=o8TssbmY-GM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spraying and wringing out water on the space station<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Rotations\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.walter-fendt.de\/html5\/phen\/carousel_en.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carousel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/galileoandeinstein.phys.virginia.edu\/more_stuff\/Applets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planetary model applets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwant2study.org\/lookangejss\/02_newtonianmechanics_7gravity\/ejss_model_gravity10\/gravity10_Simulation.xhtml\">Satellite orbits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ircamera.as.arizona.edu\/NatSci102\/NatSci\/lectures\/darkmatter.htm\">Dark matter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l2VuosSk9zU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Figure skating spin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S_kZyY_FlkY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The physics of aerial skiing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9UL-tWDZrL8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to execute the perfect dive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xs87FijgVaA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why a cat always lands on its feet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcyOIUOHKrU\">Japanese tops &#8211; a Fukuoka performance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1VPfZ_XzisU\">Tennis racket theorem<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funderstanding.com\/k12\/coaster\/\">Roller coaster<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flying-trapeze.com\/resources\/physics-of-flying-trapeze\">The physics of trapeze<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/jthalken\/videos\">Fight like a physicist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Fluids\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EJHrr21UvY8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pascal&#8217;s barrel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.math.nyu.edu\/%7Ecrorres\/Archimedes\/contents.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archimedes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cm2cAs445wU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The gigantic boat that can carry cruise ships<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MzXW_TDjkbM\">Dip transform for 3D shape reconstruction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Rm5D47nG9k4&amp;feature=related\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Floating cannonball<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Oscillations\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P-Umre5Np_0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spray paint oscillator<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZlleypTKfGY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Circular motion vs. mass on a spring<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Waves and sound\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=868161\">Tree-hole frogs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qNf9nzvnd1k\">Hearing frequency range<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DanSmithWeather\/videos\/moment-of-science-big-cat-roar\/612941067767535\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What makes a big cat roar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/video\/rock-vibrations-Earth-earthquake-waves-P-surface\/-218347\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seismic waves<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/galileo.phys.virginia.edu\/classes\/109N\/more_stuff\/flashlets\/doppler.htm\">Doppler effect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov\/\">Extrasolar planets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/science\/sciencenow\/la-sci-sn-jupiter-interior-20180307-story.html\">Depth of Jupiter\u2019s cyclones<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5947112\/watch-32-discordant-metronomes-achieve-synchrony-in-a-matter-of-minutes\">Metronomes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nigelstanford.com\/Cymatics\/\">Cymatics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XpNbyfxxkWE\">Ultrasonic levitation &#8211; standing waves<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1P1Xx-W7u-k&amp;list=PLjhMcfN26AWecvllMAgOqUaabq0mr95Ij&amp;index=12&amp;t=0s\">The physics of the electric guitar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cYo3pCNcXA0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plunger mutes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EIHgn56f2p8\">Australian beer symphony<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/video\/series\/tech-behind\/how-shazam-makes-unique-audio-fingerprints-to-identify-songs\/9D7E86B7-73EF-4B92-8726-162E62B0EA3A?mod=WSJvidctr_upnext_pos3\">How Shazam identifies songs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getty.edu\/news\/listening-to-objects-acoustic-emissions\/\">Getty: Acoustic emission monitoring<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.compadre.org\/books\/?ID=15\">Waves: An interactive tutorial<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.compadre.org\/books\/?ID=46\">Sound: An interactive e-book<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.falstad.com\/mathphysics.html\">Math, physics, and engineering applets by Paul Falstad (scroll down to \u201cAcoustics\u201d)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Temperature and heat\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fh-brandenburg.de\/%7Epiweb\/projekte\/thermo_galerie_eng.html\">Gallery of infrared images<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu\/more_stuff\/Applets\/OneDGas\/oneDGas.html\">One dimension, one atom, one piston<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phet.colorado.edu\/sims\/html\/states-of-matter\/latest\/states-of-matter_en.html\">States of matter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phet.colorado.edu\/sims\/html\/gas-properties\/latest\/gas-properties_en.html\">Gas properties<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=28TIyWdfxxc\">Air pressure, egg and bottle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu\/more_stuff\/Applets\/carnot_cycle\/carnot_cycle.html\">Carnot cycle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/auto.howstuffworks.com\/diesel.html\">Diesel engines<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Electric charges and fields\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phet.colorado.edu\/en\/simulation\/charges-and-fields\">Charges and fields<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flashphysics.org\/electricField.html\">Electric fields<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nwnjYERS66U\">Millikan&#8217;s oil drop experiment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phet.colorado.edu\/en\/simulation\/molecule-polarity\">Polar molecule<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/15240-dolphins-sense-electric-fields.html\">Dolphins feel electric fields<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oBJyyEAw-6g\">Helicopter high voltage cable inspector<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.falstad.com\/mathphysics.html\">Math, physics, and engineering applets by Paul Falstad (scroll down to \u201cElectricity and Magnetism\u201d)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Electric currents\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FIeCPC7Hpf8\">Electrical conduction system of the heart<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bfokof2YMVU\">Nerve impulses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NXNGvDdkXZE\">The electric brain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/%7Ejcardell\/Courses\/EGR220\/ElecPwr_HSW.html\">How power grids work\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/content\/education-and-outreach\">Solar winds\/space weather<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/jetstream\/lightning\/frequently-asked-questions\">Frequently asked questions about lightning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalmaglab.org\/education\/magnet-academy\/watch-play\/interactive\/wheatstone-bridge\">Wheatstone bridge<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(and a different kind\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6A_Oyi8n6bY\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Magnetic fields\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ubOTTPD1GL0\">Pinch effect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G9tj7wHbePo\">Z machine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.walter-fendt.de\/html5\/phen\/electricmotor_en.htm\">Electrical motor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalmaglab.org\/magnet-academy\/watch-play\/interactive-tutorials\/cathode-ray-tube-television\/\">Cathode ray tube<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dbwHx29c4e0\">Aurora borealis (Northern lights)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-i2jvVoxqFg\">The\u00a0Soccket<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m2qvGJwTuBo\">How hybrid engines work<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sENgdSF8ppA\">Damping of magnet motion by a copper plate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doitpoms.ac.uk\/tlplib\/recycling-metals\/eddy_current.php\">Eddy current separation of recyclables<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ru.nl\/hfml\/research\/levitation\/\">Magnetic levitation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LmlM-7hVDas&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;list=PLsgqwTEPG-_26_avlC7n-Y42Y5SrnoPj_\">The Lexus Hoverboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalmaglab.org\/education\/magnet-academy\">Magnet Academy (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KJMagnetics\/playlists\">Magnet projects and fun from K&amp;J Magnetics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Electromagnetic waves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/a\/a6\/Dipole_xmting_antenna_animation_4_408x318x150ms.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dipole radiation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phet.colorado.edu\/en\/simulation\/legacy\/microwaves\">Water molecules in a microwave field<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wCrtk-pyP0I\">How microwaving grapes makes a plasma<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.falstad.com\/mathphysics.html\">Math, physics, and engineering applets by Paul Falstad (scroll down to \u201cOscillations and Waves\u201d and \u201cElectrodynamics\u201d)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Geometric optics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ophysics.com\/l9.html\">Image formation in plane mirrors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phet.colorado.edu\/sims\/html\/bending-light\/latest\/bending-light_en.html\">Bending light<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phet.colorado.edu\/sims\/geometric-optics\/geometric-optics_en.html\">Lenses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QV-Y74YH51M\">Fish bowl starting a fire<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xkDhQGXqwCM\">Rainbows<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ophysics.com\/l16.html\">Optics of the human eye<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/v516\/n7529\/fig_tab\/nature14005_SV1.html\">Ultrafast photography at one hundred billion frames per second<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Physical optics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phet.colorado.edu\/en\/simulation\/legacy\/wave-interference\">Wave interference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/y9c8oZ49pFc\">The brightest part of a shadow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.falstad.com\/diffraction\/\">Fresnel diffraction patterns<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xjMjWtntm9k\">Thin film interference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/micro.magnet.fsu.edu\/primer\/java\/polarizedlight\/brewster\/\">Brewster\u2019s angle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/optoelectronics.eecs.berkeley.edu\/photonic_crystals.html\">Photonic crystals<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Relativity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/galileoandeinstein.phys.virginia.edu\/more_stuff\/Applets\/MichelsonMorley\/michelsonmorley.html\">Michelson-Morley experiment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.aip.org\/islandora\/search\/einstein?type=edismax&amp;cp=nbla%3Asegre&amp;islandora_solr_search_navigation=0\">American Institute of Physics digital collections<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gdRmCqylsME\">Time dilation experiment on an airplane<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ERgwVm9qWKA\">Twin paradox<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/physicsworld.com\/a\/the-invisibility-of-length%e2%80%afcontraction\/\">Seeing relativistic contraction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/users.monash.edu.au\/%7Eleo\/research\/movies\/sr\/sr-wmv.html\">Special relativity and photography<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/nova\/physics\/einstein-thought-experiments.html\">Einstein&#8217;s thought experiments<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/space\/what-is-gravitational-lensing-einstein-ring\/\">What is gravitational lensing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sqfbHyfuYDM\">Supermassive black holes<\/a>\u00a0(PHD Comics)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4GbWfNHtHRg\">Gravitational waves<\/a>\u00a0(PHD Comics)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ligo.caltech.edu\/video\/ligo20160211v1\">LIGO &#8211; discovery of gravitational waves<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8kCtiOS_F_M\">Dark Matters<\/a>\u00a0(PHD Comics)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fo0sFH1irJ4\">Spaceship scene<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0<em>Einstein on the 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