David Politzer, “The Physics of Banjos” (Open Agenda, 2021)

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Introduction

00:00 • 3min

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Do We Have to Explain What the Big Red Book Is On?

02:35 • 3min

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Theoretical Physics - The Fields

05:34 • 3min

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I'll Put My Name in Small Type, and So Far

08:20 • 2min

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Is There a Belt?

09:57 • 3min

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A Fine Man Talking Physics

12:56 • 3min

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Then I Was Asked to Teach a Course at Kalte, and I Thought, Ok, I'm Going to Do It.

16:18 • 3min

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The Banjo and the Harmonica

18:59 • 2min

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Banjos

20:48 • 4min

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The Big Banjo - The Musical Instrument of the World

24:24 • 3min

11

How to Make a Banjo?

27:23 • 4min

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I Want to Make a Banjo, and I'm Kicking Myself

31:14 • 2min

13

Banjo Noise - What Is It?

33:13 • 4min

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Banjos, I'm Not Unplugged, but I Want a Banjo.

36:46 • 2min

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Banjo Luve Son, I'm Tarting to Get the Sense of These Pings That You Were Talking Abot

38:33 • 2min

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The Uklale - The Highest Toning

40:13 • 3min

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Why Wouldn't You Change the Tuning?

43:08 • 5min

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What Makes a Banjo Different From Another Banjo?

48:00 • 4min

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Physics of the Banjos

51:42 • 3min

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The H Couple Ed Oscillators - What Have You Done?

54:13 • 5min

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What's the Difference Between a Banjo and a Resonator?

58:57 • 3min

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The Clarinet Obo Story

01:01:28 • 4min

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The Average Banjo Player Can't Afford More Than Two?

01:05:49 • 4min

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Ain Hastaf's Banjos

01:10:06 • 4min

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The Hot Rod Concept, I'm a Banjo Fanatic.

01:13:39 • 2min

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What Is an Okarina?

01:15:26 • 3min

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What's the Difference Between a Banjo and a Guitar?

01:18:46 • 4min

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Nerbiology Fantastically Interesting.

01:23:08 • 3min

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Is There a Neural Physiology?

01:25:56 • 4min

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Is There a Link Between Sound and Physiology?

01:29:51 • 3min

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How Do You Know What You're Doing?

01:32:31 • 5min

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Stringed Instruments

01:37:32 • 2min

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The Magic of High Technology, Google A, I Stumbled on Something

01:39:22 • 2min

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Acoustics

01:41:47 • 2min

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The Banco Is Loud

01:44:13 • 4min

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The Clarinet and the Obo - The Difference Between Themselves

01:48:31 • 3min

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Is the Piano Different From Other Instruments?

01:51:36 • 4min

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Is There a Coupling?

01:55:56 • 2min

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What Is Galing Wine?

01:58:16 • 5min

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The Laws of Physics Are Not the Same Forward or Backwards

02:03:21 • 3min

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The Reynolds Number, the Quarticer Equation

02:06:08 • 4min

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Is There a Problem With the Coupled Oscillators?

02:10:14 • 3min

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The Coupled Oscillator in Quanta Mechanics

02:12:56 • 4min

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I Could Do It With My Fingers, but I Don't Know.

02:16:52 • 4min

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The Joy of Getting to the Bottom of Things

02:21:22 • 2min

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What's the Way We Understand?

02:23:19 • 4min

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Are We Thinking About It Wrong?

02:27:19 • 2min

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Are There Lessons Learned?

02:29:41 • 5min

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The Black Hole Horizons - What Would You Want to Know?

02:34:58 • 2min

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Is That What Makes Banjos Different From Anybody?

02:37:11 • 6min

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A New Way to Play the Banjo, I'm Ini.

02:42:56 • 2min

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The Future of Music and the Future of Science

02:44:30 • 3min

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Banjos - The Physics Brotherhood

02:47:23 • 2min

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I've Had a Wonderful Thank You Very Much

02:49:04 • 2min