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2022-01-19: How To Build The Universe in a Computer

  • 02:23: He’d then adjust the velocities of all according to Newton’s laws.
  • 03:53: In an N-Body simulation Newton’s laws of motion and gravity are applied over a series of time steps.

2021-10-20: Will Constructor Theory REWRITE Physics?

  • 00:46: the laws of thermodynamics or Newton’s laws of motion Step 3.

2020-11-18: The Arrow of Time and How to Reverse It

  • 02:31: ... Newton’s laws of motion combined with Coulomb’s law perfectly describe how the ...

2020-01-20: Solving the Three Body Problem

  • 01:24: ... does it mean to find a solution to the three-body problem? Newton’s laws of motion and his law of universal gravitation give us a set of ...
  • 02:06: ... the case of two gravitating bodies, the solutions to Newton’s laws are just the equations for the path traveled by the bodies - be it the ...

2019-09-23: Is Pluto a Planet?

  • 02:27: Newton’s Laws of Gravity led to consistent predictability of the motion of the heavenly spheres.

2019-01-30: Perpetual Motion From Negative Mass?

  • 11:10: ... principle, or from Lagrangian mechanics – a more modern version of Newton’s laws of ...

2019-01-09: Are Dark Matter And Dark Energy The Same?

  • 04:18: The answer is complicated - it’s not always obvious how weird stuff like negative masses translates from general relativity to Newton’s laws.
  • 06:22: ... positive and negative mass particles, along with his interpretations of Newton’s laws. ...

2018-12-12: Quantum Physics in a Mirror Universe

  • 00:02: ... get flipped the laws of physics should be unaltered in that mirror world Newton's laws will still give the balls trajectory those laws work the same no matter ...

2018-07-18: The Misunderstood Nature of Entropy

  • 03:57: This theory explained thermodynamic behavior as the summed result of the individual motion of tiny particles under Newton's laws of motion.

2018-07-11: Quantum Invariance & The Origin of The Standard Model

  • 02:03: Newton's laws of motion and gravity, Maxwell's equations for electromagnetism, Einstein's general relativity, and of course, the standard model.

2018-02-28: The Trebuchet Challenge

  • 01:43: ... Newton's laws tell us that when two objects with different masses are accelerated by ...
  • 04:46: ... to figure out the equations of motion of a trebuchet in terms of Newton's laws, with a complicated series of force vectors, some gnarly geometry, and of ...

2017-01-19: The Phantom Singularity

  • 07:13: But unlike Newton's laws of gravity, the Schwarzschild metric actually tells us whether or not that infinite density is expected.

2016-03-23: How Cosmic Inflation Flattened the Universe

  • 11:47: It doesn't exist in the inertial reference frames for which Newton's laws are valid.

2015-08-05: What Physics Teachers Get Wrong About Tides!

  • 12:39: ... what the geodesics should be-- that resemble-- that basically give you Newton's laws of motion as if there were a gravitational force-- are just the pieces ...

2015-07-08: The Leap Second Explained

  • 00:30: Thus, in 1960, the second was redefined to be whatever would make the motions of multiple objects in the solar system fit Newton's laws of motion.

2015-06-03: Is Gravity An Illusion?

  • 00:54: OK, bear with me for a minute because we need to begin with some Physics 101 and Newton's laws of motion.
  • 01:25: ... Newton's laws can't tell you whether a frame of reference is really at rest or really ...
  • 01:34: However, interestingly, Newton's laws can tell you whether your frame of reference is really accelerating or not.
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