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Introduction
Matter in motion: 01. Mach's principle; 02. Newton's laws of motion; 03. Kepler's laws; 04. Newton's law of gravitation; 05. Conservation of energy; 06. Simple harmonic motion; 07. Hooke's law; 08. Ideal gas law; 09. Second law of thermodynamics; 10. Absolute zero; 11. Brownian motion; 12. Chaos theory; 13. Bernoulli equation
Beneath the waves: 14. Newton's theory of colour; 15. Huygens’ principle; 16. Snell's law; 17. Bragg's law; 18. Fraunhofer diffraction; 19. Doppler effect; 20. Ohm's law; 21. Fleming's right hand rule; 22. Maxwell's equations
Quantum conundrums: 23. Planck's law; 24. Photoelectric effect; 25. Schr?odinger's wave equation; 26. Heisenberg's uncertainty principle; 27. Copenhagen interpretation; 28. Schr?odinger's cat; 29. The EPR paradox; 30. Pauli's exclusion principle; 31. Superconductivity
Splitting atoms: 32. Rutherford's atom; 33. Antimatter; 34. Nuclear fission; 35. Nuclear fusion; 36. Standard model; 37. Feynman diagrams; 38. The God particle; 39. String theory
Space and time: 40. Special relativity; 41. General relativity; 42. Black holes; 43. Olbers’ paradox; 44. Hubble's law; 45. The big bang; 46. Cosmic inflation; 47. Dark matter; 48. Cosmological constant; 49. Fermi paradox; 50. Anthropic principle
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Matter in motion: 01. Mach's principle; 02. Newton's laws of motion; 03. Kepler's laws; 04. Newton's law of gravitation; 05. Conservation of energy; 06. Simple harmonic motion; 07. Hooke's law; 08. Ideal gas law; 09. Second law of thermodynamics; 10. Absolute zero; 11. Brownian motion; 12. Chaos theory; 13. Bernoulli equation
Beneath the waves: 14. Newton's theory of colour; 15. Huygens’ principle; 16. Snell's law; 17. Bragg's law; 18. Fraunhofer diffraction; 19. Doppler effect; 20. Ohm's law; 21. Fleming's right hand rule; 22. Maxwell's equations
Quantum conundrums: 23. Planck's law; 24. Photoelectric effect; 25. Schr?odinger's wave equation; 26. Heisenberg's uncertainty principle; 27. Copenhagen interpretation; 28. Schr?odinger's cat; 29. The EPR paradox; 30. Pauli's exclusion principle; 31. Superconductivity
Splitting atoms: 32. Rutherford's atom; 33. Antimatter; 34. Nuclear fission; 35. Nuclear fusion; 36. Standard model; 37. Feynman diagrams; 38. The God particle; 39. String theory
Space and time: 40. Special relativity; 41. General relativity; 42. Black holes; 43. Olbers’ paradox; 44. Hubble's law; 45. The big bang; 46. Cosmic inflation; 47. Dark matter; 48. Cosmological constant; 49. Fermi paradox; 50. Anthropic principle
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