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61 - Electricity

Oct 31, 20241 hr 5 minSeason 5Ep. 4
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Episode description

What is electricity made up of? How do power plants use magnets to generate electricity? What is the largest machine in the world? How can you make a mountain into a battery?

Join us for our first one-hour-plus episode as we cover a lot of ground in helping you understand the complex and deep world of electrical physics!

Basic circuit
Current, voltage, resistance as garden hose courtesy of Freeing Energy
Voltaic pile - pictures courtesy of Ted-Ed
Electric eel electrocyte anatomy
Veritasium video on electric field lines

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