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Torques and Gyroscopes. Why a spinning top doesn't topple. When a torque acts on a spinning object, the angular momentum changes, but the object only precesses. The object may be a child's toy, or a part of a sophisticated navigation system, or Earth itself. (from themechanicaluniverse.org)

Lecture 20 - Torques and Gyroscopes

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Lecture 01 - Introduction

Lecture 02 - The Law of Falling Bodies

Lecture 03 - Derivatives

Lecture 04 - Inertia

Lecture 05 - Vectors

Lecture 06 - Newton's Laws

Lecture 07 - Integration

Lecture 08 - The Apple and the Moon

Lecture 09 - Moving in Circles

Lecture 10 - Fundamental Forces

Lecture 11 - Gravity, Electricity, Magnetism

Lecture 12 - The Millikan Experiment

Lecture 13 - Conservation of Energy

Lecture 14 - Potential Energy

Lecture 15 - Conservation of Momentum

Lecture 16 - Harmonic Motion

Lecture 17 - Resonance

Lecture 18 - Waves

Lecture 19 - Angular Momentum

Lecture 20 - Torques and Gyroscopes

Lecture 21 - Kepler's Three Laws

Lecture 22 - The Kepler Problem

Lecture 23 - Energy and Eccentricity

Lecture 24 - Navigating in Space

Lecture 25 - From Kepler to Einstein

Lecture 26 - Harmony of the Spheres

Lecture 27 - Beyond the Mechanical Universe

Lecture 28 - Static Electricity

Lecture 29 - The Electric Field

Lecture 30 - Potential and Capacitance

Lecture 31 - Voltage, Energy, and Force

Lecture 32 - The Electric Battery

Lecture 33 - Electric Circuits

Lecture 34 - Magnetism

Lecture 35 - The Magnetic Field

Lecture 36 - Vector Fields and Hydrodynamics

Lecture 37 - Electromagnetic Induction

Lecture 38 - Alternating Currents

Lecture 39 - Maxwell's Equations

Lecture 40 - Optics

Lecture 41 - The Michelson Morley Experiment

Lecture 42 - The Lorentz Transformation

Lecture 43 - Velocity and Time

Lecture 44 - Energy, Momentum, Mass

Lecture 45 - Temperature and the Gas Laws

Lecture 46 - The Engine of Nature

Lecture 47 - Entropy

Lecture 48 - Low Temperatures

Lecture 49 - The Atom

Lecture 50 - Particles and Waves

Lecture 51 - From Atoms to Quarks

Lecture 52 - The Quantum Mechanical Universe