Kathy Loves Physics
Kathy Joseph is a physics educator, science historian and author who uses original papers and human stories to explain how discoveries changed our understanding of the world.
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YouTubeOverview
- Also known as
- Kathy Joseph
- Work
- Physics educator, science historian, author and video creator
- Based near
- San Francisco, California
- Before YouTube
- 12 years teaching public high school physics
- Breakout
- Her history of three-phase electricity took off in late 2021 and early 2022
- First book
- The Lightning Tamers, published October 12, 2022
Mini bio
How it started.
Before she became Kathy Loves Physics, Kathy Joseph spent 12 years teaching public high school physics. She began writing a book that would teach electricity through its history, then turned sections into YouTube videos to find readers and test how the stories worked.
The video that found its audience.
After roughly four and a half years of steady channel growth, her December 2021 video about three-phase electricity began reaching many more viewers. In a January 5, 2022 update, she told patrons it had passed 100,000 views and brought around 5,000 new subscribers in just a few days.
Follow the original paper.
Kathy builds her explanations around the people who made discoveries and the documents they left behind. She shares scripts on her website so viewers can follow the sources. Her videos also help her refine ideas for her books through conversations with viewers.
From videos to the bookshelf.
Her first book, The Lightning Tamers, came out on October 12, 2022. It follows more than 400 years of electricity’s history through linked experiments, inventions and the people behind them. Her channel also explores quantum mechanics, thermodynamics and the development of Maxwell’s equations.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
Video
- 2023History of CRT Televisions with Dave Jones (EEVblog 1577)Guest and presenter in a conversation with Dave Jones
- 2022Maxwell’s Equations ExplainedCreator and presenter
- 2021History of 3-phase Electricity & DistributionCreator and presenter
Podcast appearances
Awards
Quotes
I really do love physics. I love understanding how the world works.Kathy Joseph, The Amp Hour #605
In her October 2022 interview, Kathy explained why teaching physics mattered to her.
Trivia
- She holds four higher education degrees across physics, engineering and science education.
- Her first attempts at presenting without a script led her to write, record and illustrate her videos in stages.
- Her official biography describes her cat, Brutus, as very cranky.
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