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Conservation of energy

Professor Brian Cox explains the first law of thermodynamics. He describes how energy is always conserved, never created or destroyed. He uses an analogy of a waterfall to explain how gravitational potential energy (for which he gives the formula) is converted into other forms. He ends with the quote, β€œEvery single joule of energy in the universe today was present at the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago.”

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4 minutes