Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 22 hours ago
Things rotate all around us: from the tiniest molecules to the largest galaxy clusters. Naturally, we need a good way of describing these rotating objects within our framework of classical mechanics. In this stream, we will find a new conservation law (conservation of angular momentum) and see some of its consequences as well as talking about some of the kinds of forces we need to apply to make things rotate.
Things rotate all around us: from the tiniest molecules to the largest galaxy clusters. Naturally, we need a good way of describing these rotating objects within our framework of classical mechanics. In this stream, we will find a new conservation law (conservation of angular momentum) and see some of its consequences as well as talking about some of the kinds of forces we need to apply to make things rotate.
