# MinutePhysics — Solution to the Grandfather Paradox

A hand-drawn whiteboard explainer with no talking head until the end card. A marker draws stick figures on paper, a paper strip is twisted into a loop to model time travel, and a quantum-state notation turns the paradox into a consistency question.

- Code: EX-0049
- Kind: Explainer
- Format: Talking-head explainer
- Brand: MinutePhysics
- Made by: Henry Reich
- Length: 167.9s · 21 beats · 7.5 beats/min · 136 hard cuts
- Industry: Education, Media
- Style: Hand-drawn, Handwritten type, Voiceover, Light UI, Minimal, Match cuts, Humorous
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XayNKY944lY
- Full breakdown: https://cutmap.co/v/minutephysics-solution-to-the-grandfather-paradox

## The breakdown

The full breakdown has eleven sheets: Snapshot, Opening, Structure, Timeline, Rhythm, Look, Movement, Sound & words, Why it works, Production, Build brief. It is available to Cutmap Pro members at https://cutmap.co/v/minutephysics-solution-to-the-grandfather-paradox.