Light Is Waves: Crash Course Physics #39

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The way light behaves can seem very counter intuitive, and many physicists would agree with that, but once you figure out light waves it all starts to make more sense! In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini shows us how we know that light exists as a wave and why that’s really cool!

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  1. There are 3 particle, mass, electric & magnetic charge. There are also 3 spatial dimensions xyz, 1 for each particle. Electric & magnetic changes have opposite counterparts therefore their particles can move in opposite directions of their dimension. Mass has no such opposite counterpart therefore it can move in 1 direction of its dimension. No physical entity can exist in less or more than 3 dimensions. Therefore for a particle to exist all 3 spatial dimensions must be occupied. Therefore all stable particles must have mass, electric & magnetic charge. To form wave particles must move in opposite directions. Since mass can move in 1 direction it acts as particle while electric & magnetic particles can move in opposite directions they act as waves. All stable particle will always exhibit wave-particle duality.

  2. Hi I would like to point out that this video is like the Channel CrashCourse for kids, isn’t this copyright?! As much as the video is good I’m going to have to give it a thumbs down, it’s even got the same animation, a similar cartoon person and then same theme song just remixed a little, that’s why 347 people have given it a thumbs down.

  3. I waited for her to breathe

    But her voice traveled at the speed of light
    Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity
    DON’T STOP ME NOW
    Anyways was she reading at 1:25

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