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FloatHeadPhysics

Mahesh Shenoy makes intuitive physics videos as FloatHeadPhysics, helping viewers work through relativity, quantum mechanics and the maths behind them.

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Overview

Creator: Mahesh Shenoy
Work: Physics educator and science video creator
Background: Electronics and communications engineering
Teaching: Classroom lessons, Khan Academy science videos and FloatHeadPhysics

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How it started.

Mahesh trained in electronics and communications engineering, graduating in 2011 before moving into physics teaching. His Alison biography describes six years in classrooms before he joined Khan Academy as a physics video creator. On Udemy, he credits Walter Lewin’s YouTube lectures with helping his interest in physics grow.

From lessons to a wider audience.

DW traces his online work to revision videos made for his students. FloatHeadPhysics carries that teaching instinct into questions about light, time, atoms and gravity. His November 2023 explanation of why objects cannot reach light speed became his most watched video, with more than nine million views recorded by vidIQ in October 2026.

How he teaches.

Mahesh’s personal site puts experiments, demonstrations and inquiry at the centre of his approach. Alongside science lessons for Khan Academy, he shares teaching cartoons and runs sessions for educators on building inquiry into lessons. His own videos often start with a question he found unsatisfactorily explained, then work toward the intuition behind it.

Creditschronological, newest first

2026Why the universe needs imaginary numbersCreator and presenter
2025Something Strange Happens When You Trust Quantum MechanicsSpecial thanks for help with the Veritasium video
2025Understanding orbital shapes intuitivelyCreator and presenter
2023Why you can’t go faster than lightCreator and presenter

Quotes

Sometimes, it involves going through a lot of math and thinking about it for hours.Mahesh Shenoy, LinkedIn

Reflecting on the work of finding an intuitive explanation for why objects cannot reach the speed of light.

Trivia

He invites students to call him “Mashy” in his Udemy instructor biography.
Walter Lewin’s online physics lectures helped inspire his move toward physics.
He draws cartoons about teaching, learning and classroom management for fellow educators.
His July 2025 spacetime-curvature video was also a Summer of Math Exposition 4 submission.