The Hyperfine Physics Podcast
Physics puzzles and deep dives into physics topics.
Zak and Derek discuss the basics of thermodynamics, including the so-called thermodynamic potentials. Topics: energy,…
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Zak and Derek discuss Benford’s Law, including the strange places it pops up, and some…
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Zak and Derek discuss Max Planck’s work in the foundations of what would turn into…
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Zak and Derek discuss the physics of hurricanes, including the energy involved, and rotating reference…
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Zak and Derek discuss the composite systems of quarks in baryons and mesons, as well…
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The podcast lives at https://www.thehyperfine.com/ Join our listener community on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheHyperfine/ Follow the show on Instagram…
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The first of a multi-part series on the Standard Model of particle physics. This is…
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Zak and Derek discuss toppling larger and larger dominos in a chain reaction. How does…
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Zak and Derek follow up their Bell’s Theorm and EPR discussion with a survey of…
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Zak and Derek discuss a drone flying in an accelerating car. Does it stay in…
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Zak and Derek discuss nothing less than the fundamental nature of reality. They start with…
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Zak and Derek try to tackle the “climbing magnets” puzzle from Veritasium’s Youtube channel. Both…
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Zak and Derek first discuss what happens to a balloon which holds another balloon that…
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Zak and Derek discuss the physics of dropping in Fortnite and PUBG. Derek’s Epic name:…
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Derek and Zak confirm they are talking to each other using the Diffie-Hellman protocol. Zak…
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Derek and Zak discuss why there is a specific geosynchronous orbit distance at all. Why…
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Pushup discussion starts at 11:12. Our last episode on discussing the floating hourglass: https://www.thehyperfine.com/podcast/3-floating-hourglass/ Zak…
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How does moving sand affect the buoyancy of the hourglass? Or does it? Derek takes…
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Is your cell phone heavier when it has more data stored in memory? What about…
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Derek and Zak question how a bug zapper works, complete with testing on yourself…as only…
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Derek and Zak introduce themselves and the podcast. Join our listener community on Reddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/TheHyperfine/…
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