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Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the electrifying story of our quest to master nature's most mysterious force. In this clip Jim recreates an early electrical experiment, shows how Maxwell's theory of electromagnetic waves was correct before finally zapping himself with thousands of volts using a Tesla Coil.

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  • I'm not procrastinating from studying for my Physics final in 2 days :D I'm reviewing Electricity! Haha.

  • :D physics is so much fun

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  • @deadapostle I'm not a man. :P

  • @TheMasteratLink Wow that was a long time ago. It went well - I'm in university now! Youtube, meet the story of my life. I've got a physics midterm in 3 weeks *chuckles*

  • @DyingxToxLivexAgain So how did that Physics final go?

  • @DyingxToxLivexAgain How did you do on the Physics final, man?

  • am I hearing sympathy for the devil? ...

  • @Novamute1 the rolling stones

  • @LewisAM37 That's exactly what a muslim jihadist fart loving trickster would say

  • @TheElizabeth12395 Your mom's so much fun.

  • @IFknHateUTube

    quote for you

    'as the son of a Protestant Christian mother and a Shia Muslim father, I have nevertheless ended up without a religious bone in my body' - Jim Al-Khalili

  • Professor Al-Khalili? Why should I believe him and how do I know that this isn't just a muslim terrorist plot to persuade me to electrocute myself?

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