Sixty Symbols - Physics and Astronomy


We completed our first sixty symbols in September 2009 and they proved so popular we're doing another sixty.

This is the page where we "retire" the original videos to make room for new ones. They're no less important - we just ran out of space.

Fine Structure Constant Speed of Light Lambda Jupiter Drinking Bird
Frequency Energy Gravity Large Numbers Imaginary Numbers
Entropy Pluto Black Holes Hubble Constant Antenna (or Aerial)
Mass to Light Ratio Photons Electrons Inductor Theremin
Charge Transistor Density Work (and Stirling Engine) Magnetic Moment
Planes and Volcanic Ash MRI and The Professor's Brain Planck's Constant Star of Bethlehem The Sun
Brazil Nut Effect Plus or Minus Degree of Angle Hearts in Space Planetary Spots
Hanny's Voorwerp The Nobel Prize Temperature and Ultra-Cold Atoms Magic Square  

Telescope Diameter Isaac Newton Gigayear Dark Matter Jabulani Football Neptune Earth's Radius The Sun Lambda Electrons Black Holes Jupiter Theremin
Videos by Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham