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Chocolate Speed Of Light - Indy Labs #9 (At Home DIY Science)

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Channel: MrLundScience · 2016 · Education

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Happy Birthday Albert Einstein!  (March 14th, 1879)
Since the microwave became commercially available in 1955, there has been a convenient way using chocolate to measure the speed of light!  This is a classic technique, and requires surprisingly very little to measure a fundamental constant of the universe that was difficult to pin down for centuries!  I urge you to get the low cost materials and try the experiment with me, while at the same time, celebrate Einstein's birthday.  Albert Einstein passed the year the microwave was on the shelves, so let's honor the man with an at home experiment he would have loved, or so I wildly speculate!

The Indy Labs series focuses on at home science experiments that are low cost and (usually) easy to do, but still drive the science concepts home.

Some science videos show you how to do something cool, but explain very little of it. Others explain concepts, but are very passive and give the viewer little to actually do. With Indy Labs, we put the science in your hands, teaching you concepts, but at the same time, giving you an experiment to try on your own!

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