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SIO376: What Portal Teaches Us About the Physics of Our Universe

Aug 10, 2023

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Introduction

2min

Portal and the Universe

2min

Portal: A Video Game That Helps Us Understand Physics

2min

The History of Portal Guns

3min

How to Travel Back in Time With Wormholes

2min

The Zero Point Energy of Empty Space

2min

Quantum Foam and the Chasmere Effect

3min

The Last Frontier of Theory

3min

The Connective Tissue of the Universe

6min

10.

The Effect of Portals on Energy Conservation

2min

11.

The Potential Energy of the Universe

3min

12.

Newton's Third Law Explains Momentum

2min

13.

The Importance of Conservation of Momentum

2min

14.

Portal Reloaded: A Time Travel Portal

3min

15.

The Physics Cabal's Assassination

2min

16.

The Loss of Energy in the Universe

2min

17.

The Potential Energy of a Banana

2min

18.

How to Lose Weight and Keep It Off

3min

19.

The Problem With Another's Theorem

5min

20.

The Anthropic Principle

2min

21.

Why We Don't Have Conservation of Energy in the Portal Universe

2min

22.

Flex Superglue Lifts Over Three Tons

2min

23.

The Limits of Special Relativity

3min

24.

How to Transmit Information Faster in the Speed of Light

2min

25.

The Physics of Time Travel

3min

26.

The Impossibility of Time Travel

2min

Astrophysicist Dr. Bryan Gillis is back! It's another really fun one as Bryan teaches us some phascinating physics by way of the Portal video game universe. Why do we have conservation of momentum? Energy? But wait do we REALLY have conservation of energy? What if that was just made up by physicists to sell more physics?

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