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Demonstrations and videos

Here you can find videos of various demonstrations that were used during the lecture, as well as a pre-recorded version of the lecture itself.

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Demonstrating pressure with liquid nitrogen

This demonstration shows how gases exert pressure, and how this pressure depends on the temperature.

Cake as a star

Here we use cake to get a look at the internal structure of a star

Exploding cake as a supernova

When the star reaches the end of its life it explodes as a supernova

Supernova explosion mechanism

This video explains how stars collapsing can, in fact, give you explosions

Colours across the Universe

Here we see how we know what elements are thrown out in supernova explosions and how they are made.