What Does An Atom REALLY Look Like?

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  • čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
  • From orbital mechanics to quantum mechanics, this video explains why we must accept a world of particles based on probabilities, statistics, and chance. Electrons, protons, and neutrons don't behave the same way that planets and billiard balls do.
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  • @AydinTebyanian
    @AydinTebyanian Před 3 lety +875

    The only channel where you come in with one question, and leave with 47 other questions and maybe 5 answers. love it

    • @Marc-mp6lf
      @Marc-mp6lf Před 3 lety +29

      That's science

    • @sumerianannunaki5957
      @sumerianannunaki5957 Před 3 lety +5

      As it should be, ha!

    • @tcpip4me
      @tcpip4me Před 3 lety +24

      Especially 5 answers, to things you did not know you didn’t know

    • @ashroskell
      @ashroskell Před 3 lety +6

      I left with 42 questions . . . 42 Precisely . . . Maybe there’s something in that? 🤔 . . . 😉

    • @captainobvious1252
      @captainobvious1252 Před 3 lety +1

      There’s more channels like that.

  • @neverarguewithan18wheeler10
    @neverarguewithan18wheeler10 Před 3 lety +305

    Think about this: you're a bunch of atoms, watching an atom screen of atoms listening to a bunch of atoms tell you about atoms

    • @sumeunggai5665
      @sumeunggai5665 Před 3 lety +21

      None of which can actually be modeled or predicted as we are the existential result of probability wave functions. Blinking in an out of space at all times.

    • @davidprime6080
      @davidprime6080 Před 3 lety +16

      I'm eating an atom burger and atom fries while I watch

    • @medurseshuswaminathan8098
      @medurseshuswaminathan8098 Před 3 lety +1

      100% true. As a note we can infer a round plate rotating when the fan in full swing. The faster the movement of atoms Me and you are seen static and in a form as structure. May be the movement of atoms are waves as shown.. just fishing...

    • @tprnbs
      @tprnbs Před 3 lety +5

      "A physicist is just an atom's way of looking at itself." - Neils Bohr

    • @NoLongerNull
      @NoLongerNull Před 3 lety +1

      yes

  • @lisawyse1182
    @lisawyse1182 Před 3 lety +295

    Oh my goodness! I am almost certain you were my Electricity and Magnetism professor in college.
    I want to let you know that you were the best professor I had in college. I am now a high school science teacher and I often look back on your teaching style for inspiration. I found your colored handouts, the way you broke down the notes into easy to follow examples, and demonstrations to make even the most difficult concepts easy to understand.
    You are 1 of the teachers in my life that really made a lasting difference. So thank you. I am happy to see you and your channel are doing so well.

    • @ScienceAsylum
      @ScienceAsylum  Před 3 lety +235

      Hi Lisa! Yes, I was your professor. I'm glad to hear you're doing well 🙂 Thanks for letting me know I had an impact. As a teacher, you usually don't get to see or hear from students after they leave your class, so you don't know if what you did made a difference.

    • @asutoshghanto3419
      @asutoshghanto3419 Před 2 lety +9

      @@ScienceAsylum where do you teach?

    • @Red-Brick-Dream
      @Red-Brick-Dream Před 2 lety +9

      omg this is so cool! Bless you, Nick, for inspiring students and teachers alike!

    • @poopinbabe8972
      @poopinbabe8972 Před 2 lety +4

      Omg

    • @dtmty
      @dtmty Před rokem +3

      @@ScienceAsylum from other part (mexico) of the spaceship (earth), I wish to say would love have the posibility to be in their future recording video classes, would be fantastic to catch the sense to have a great teacher as master who persuits you for the good questions.
      wish to include in my roadtrip by US the stop at your recording channel, would be a happy volunteer

  • @j4c3kp
    @j4c3kp Před 3 lety +142

    Dude, you've explained basics of QM in less than 10 minutes. I didn't think it's possible.
    But on the other hand - in QM almost everything is possible, just unlikely.

    • @radioactivelight2189
      @radioactivelight2189 Před 2 lety

      In life everything is possible just getting more unlikely the further you go

    • @AnthonyShuker
      @AnthonyShuker Před 2 lety

      @@radioactivelight2189 no, the longer time goes on, the likelier something is

    • @atomicnumber202
      @atomicnumber202 Před 2 lety

      @@radioactivelight2189 what

    • @Yeetntx
      @Yeetntx Před rokem

      yes even teleportation is created

    • @Yeetntx
      @Yeetntx Před rokem

      so is crystals oscillating in time

  • @Familia_nepal_nepal_do_mal12
    @Familia_nepal_nepal_do_mal12 Před 5 lety +2770

    People get confused with one thing, we can't see atoms not because we don't have enough technology or understanding of what a atom is. Is just because "to see" has no meaning at all in the scale of atoms. Is just like trying to figure out what is portraited in a picture throwing cannon balls at it. But we are not limited to vision that is why mathematics is so important, we can "see" things mathematically infinitely times better than with our eyes. For exemple, most part of the computer/smartphone you are using to read this coment isn't possible to be made or make sense looking at it piece by piece, but we can make sense of it with mathematics. Quantum mechanics looks weird when we try to make sense of it with our senses, mathematically it is beatiful (I find it beatiful at least). Mathematics is our new eye, our senses that opens our mind to a much bigger and fuller world.

    • @ScienceAsylum
      @ScienceAsylum  Před 5 lety +377

      Exactly this.

    • @wonhyeukjung3521
      @wonhyeukjung3521 Před 5 lety +119

      I wish I could like this comment twice thank you for your brilliant input.

    • @reiniervanleeuwen9815
      @reiniervanleeuwen9815 Před 5 lety +70

      Yeah sure this is correct.. But still, its a mystery. It can not be compared to a computer with ones and zero turning into images. Just because us building a computer, is using atoms in a way we can explain. Computers are actually very simple, so is everything we created from atoms. Yes, you do need the knowledge. But atoms we still can not explain, same goes for energy in atoms.
      What you are saying is just a psychological comparison. It does not explain anything. And also, we define maths, we did not create it.

    • @Familia_nepal_nepal_do_mal12
      @Familia_nepal_nepal_do_mal12 Před 5 lety +31

      @@reiniervanleeuwen9815 The standard model, quantum chrodynamics and eletrodynamics is impressively accurate modeling atoms and molecules (as far as computation power is enough for the complexity of the molecule) off course is not 100% accurate because that is proved to be impossible but every simple model of the eletronsphere of a atom made by computer using quantum mechanics is much more detailed and represents better the experiments results than if we could "see" it with an microscope.

    • @sarai9102
      @sarai9102 Před 5 lety +45

      Renato Cara daaammmnnnn... you have sent me down a rabbit hole. Lol. 😫 🧐 I’m not well versed in this at all but I understand intuitively... So what you’re suggesting is that we have only seen the RESULT of the atoms “form” and “behavior” AFTER whatever method they use to see it, not the actual form/ behavior? My mind is blown. I’m gonna go in a corner and lay in a fetal position and meditate on this now. 🤯🤭🤔😮😯

  • @kn4qzw367
    @kn4qzw367 Před 5 lety +625

    For a moment the little light bulb in my head came on. A minute later it burned out.

  • @paulybeefs8588
    @paulybeefs8588 Před 2 lety +20

    I have watched literally hundreds of videos about physics and nature, and this video is the first to make me really understand atom structure on a deeper level. Thank you so much for the intuitive explanation!

  • @harikumarpg5341
    @harikumarpg5341 Před 3 lety +14

    Dude I learned more from this 8 minute video than I did from 4 months of chemistry online classes.Keep up the good work man!..Really appreciate it.

  • @jason-pacini
    @jason-pacini Před 5 lety +488

    This video explains the general concepts better than any of my teachers in my four year physics degree.

    • @raviverma8479
      @raviverma8479 Před 4 lety +4

      You learn these things in a 4 year physics degree???

    • @knightofcydonia1192
      @knightofcydonia1192 Před 4 lety +7

      @@raviverma8479 -general concepts-

    • @AmandaSilva-ut1wm
      @AmandaSilva-ut1wm Před 4 lety +4

      I totally agree with you!

    • @knightofcydonia1192
      @knightofcydonia1192 Před 4 lety +4

      Just realized my comment looks hostile, I was meaning its a lot more than general concepts if you ask me.

    • @derekl3108
      @derekl3108 Před 4 lety +4

      I'm confused, the electron is probably here or there but it's still somewhere so why doesn't it loose energy?

  • @MrTej780
    @MrTej780 Před 7 lety +2163

    I basically never comment, but this video deserves it. As a Masters student in Physics, I can say this video was very succinct, coherent and good at explaining some very difficult concepts without needing to dumb things down. A job well done, perhaps one of the best videos yet.
    Stay crazy

    • @bxyhxyh
      @bxyhxyh Před 7 lety +43

      Oh that's why I couldn't fully understand it.

    • @MrTej780
      @MrTej780 Před 7 lety +11

      bxyhxyh pretty much

    • @Krish-jm6ve
      @Krish-jm6ve Před 7 lety +16

      If we (matter) are at sub atomic level mainly a probability function Then there is a good probability that I watched this video. (Where am i). But you can't predict at what speed I am travelling at (how fast am I ) .... mind blown😳

    • @ScienceAsylum
      @ScienceAsylum  Před 7 lety +35

      XKCD just did a comic about this: xkcd.com/1861/

    • @ScienceAsylum
      @ScienceAsylum  Před 7 lety +121

      MrTej780: Thanks! Succinct without dumbing things down is always my goal. I'm tired of educators spouting BS explanations. Accuracy first... _then_ clarity.

  • @ultimategamer2669
    @ultimategamer2669 Před 3 lety +26

    "MAYBE it's a wave of probability."
    Ah, I see what you did there.

  • @kt420ish
    @kt420ish Před 3 lety +28

    I recently started getting into quantum mechanics. And this video really tied a lot of loose strings together for me. Love your channel! If I'm going to waste time on my phone, I'm going to waste it gaining knowledge.

    • @ralphjasperjose6176
      @ralphjasperjose6176 Před 8 měsíci

      looks like you have discovered the loose string theory

    • @leechjim8023
      @leechjim8023 Před 6 měsíci

      What's the average length and width of each string (in STATIONARY TIME)!😮😂😂😂

    • @kt420ish
      @kt420ish Před 6 měsíci

      @leechjim8023 no comment 😂😂😂

  • @kjohn8917
    @kjohn8917 Před 5 lety +1488

    After this, I feel smarter and dumber at the same time...

    • @djw6430
      @djw6430 Před 5 lety +16

      @Kevin John Superb comment.

    • @msaadkamran8067
      @msaadkamran8067 Před 5 lety +1

      Sure it is Superb

    • @mrmo2546
      @mrmo2546 Před 5 lety +9

      I just feel more dumber

    • @Armoterra
      @Armoterra Před 5 lety +24

      Kevin John Shrodinger’s knowledge

    • @aljohnson3717
      @aljohnson3717 Před 5 lety +13

      The more in know the more I don’t know. Was it Socrates who proclaimed this?

  • @rn6045
    @rn6045 Před 6 lety +191

    I have a PhD in watching CZcams videos and trust me. This is the best video I've seen on Quantum Mechanics.

  • @obakeng1140
    @obakeng1140 Před 3 lety +41

    The Science Asylum: Leave your questions in the comment section
    Me: What does an atom really look like?

    • @hijeffhere
      @hijeffhere Před 3 lety +5

      You must ask first how do you see things before you you ask that question.

    • @obakeng1140
      @obakeng1140 Před 3 lety +3

      @Time Bandit So helpful! At least now I got an image

    • @mr.evasion
      @mr.evasion Před 3 lety

      Also
      A ball park (fuzzy electrons)
      With a grain of rice in the middle (nucleus)

    • @jskratnyarlathotep8411
      @jskratnyarlathotep8411 Před 3 lety

      it does not =)

    • @jskratnyarlathotep8411
      @jskratnyarlathotep8411 Před 3 lety

      @Time Bandit but the electrons in atoms are not moving at all, they would be emitting photons otherwise

  • @patrickjoshuamanzo5420
    @patrickjoshuamanzo5420 Před 4 lety +8

    i love how you fill your videos with humor. you are the first to make me laugh while watching science.

  • @NPC-kv6ee
    @NPC-kv6ee Před 4 lety +327

    quantum physics is basically "well yes but actually no"

  • @petezzzz
    @petezzzz Před 5 lety +685

    Q: What does an atom REALLY look like?
    A: Yes.

    • @johnathanwoods1223
      @johnathanwoods1223 Před 5 lety +2

      Lol!

    •  Před 5 lety +13

      Actually no.

    • @orlock20
      @orlock20 Před 4 lety +9

      There have been pictures of atoms for awhile. They look like smokey spheres.

    • @leejordan001
      @leejordan001 Před 4 lety

      No.

    • @laurencebetteridge8633
      @laurencebetteridge8633 Před 4 lety +1

      @@orlock20 I saw one too, isn't it just the emitted energy turning into light though. Not like how you would see an object by having light bounce off its surface in different angles, intensities and colours from its absorption.

  • @dr.georgeburden3721
    @dr.georgeburden3721 Před 3 lety +8

    Wow, you explain this so clearly in 8 minutes (more or less). Well done!

  • @TheSkullConfernece
    @TheSkullConfernece Před 4 lety +22

    Electron orbitals are a very good representation of what an atom "looks like". The orbitals of oxygen (which is shaped like a tetrahedron) explain why the molecules of water always have the hydrogen atoms bonded to it at 120° angles which explains why ice expands as it cools and creates those snowflake patterns we all love.

  • @Nebuch
    @Nebuch Před 7 lety +966

    This video is the most explanatory video about atoms and basic quantum mechanics.
    Thanks.

    • @hansdampf4057
      @hansdampf4057 Před 6 lety +3

      Yes, I do. agree!

    • @saffetsinanoglu2631
      @saffetsinanoglu2631 Před 6 lety +1

      Vay Nebuch! 10. sezon ne zaman? Dört gözle bekliyoruz :D

    • @zravena-1309
      @zravena-1309 Před 6 lety +2

      Ooo nebuk

    • @sethsammyrosevlogs9307
      @sethsammyrosevlogs9307 Před 6 lety +3

      Nebuch I know I wanted to see what A atom looked like

    • @patrickmcleod111
      @patrickmcleod111 Před 5 lety +5

      Nebuch
      Unfortunately, my ADD precludes me from grasping his explanations in a thorough way. After watching it, I'm still confused!

  • @qbslug
    @qbslug Před 7 lety +109

    this channel deserves way more subscribers. you do a great job of always explaining away common misconceptions

  • @quahntasy
    @quahntasy Před 3 lety +3

    *This video was very coherent and good at explaining very difficult concept without dumbing down too much. One of the best videos.*

  • @frroossst4267
    @frroossst4267 Před 2 lety +2

    I periodically come back to these to have my mind blown and everytime I understand and enjoy these a bit more

  • @hatoftricks7132
    @hatoftricks7132 Před 5 lety +493

    When years of education is rekt by an 8 minute video

    • @marjohngmoggy5281
      @marjohngmoggy5281 Před 5 lety +10

      My years of education (as a physicist) has just wrecked this video.

    • @emettroll6911
      @emettroll6911 Před 5 lety +1

      You had 99 likes, I was the 100th XD But seriously, I can relate =3

    • @josephhollandpontes1030
      @josephhollandpontes1030 Před 5 lety +1

      8 minute old!

    • @nyakwarObat
      @nyakwarObat Před 5 lety +7

      Yeah we know so much about the moon, Jupiter, Plato etc and apparently even have equipments to see them but we have never seen an atom, considering we carry them and use them every day. Really exposes the dysfunctional human levels, miseducation galore

    • @sixchiensblancs
      @sixchiensblancs Před 5 lety +6

      @@nyakwarObat
      You, and I, can't see atoms because... light.
      It's complicated... 😂😂😂😉

  • @cgaccount3669
    @cgaccount3669 Před 5 lety +106

    I remember in high school chemistry class we studied orbitals and aside from thinking it was weird I never really thought much about it. My teachers were nice but had no enthusiasm and like many teachers never took 2 seconds to really explain or try to make it interesting. It was just facts and rules. Kids today are so lucky to have access to excellent CZcams videos and internet information. Math and science can be fun if you have even the slightest curiosity

    • @tonisoja1561
      @tonisoja1561 Před 5 lety

      I still remember when i, for first time, found out that all those simple movement equations we had back in school (something like y=ax+b+c etc) actually have infinite number of ever smaller members that you actually have to consider when dealing with higher speeds etc. Yet somehow, they failed to even MENTION in, im not asking for anything in depth, mere remark, that in reality things are significantly more complicated.

    • @jstudios6427
      @jstudios6427 Před 5 lety +1

      As a person in school I respect that statement so much

    • @hektor6766
      @hektor6766 Před 4 lety

      Those electrons just aren't friendly neighbors. They're too much alike.

    • @MsSonali1980
      @MsSonali1980 Před 4 lety

      In 1996 our teacher still used the Bohr's model for atoms -_- school system in Germany was/is - let's call it - heterogenous

    • @MsSonali1980
      @MsSonali1980 Před 4 lety

      @Rusty If they had and were that clever they wouldn't be teachers. Can't speak for everyone who studied for teaching but for the majority it is true (I had during my mathematics and later environmental sciences bachelors study enough contact with future teachers).

  • @Rationalific
    @Rationalific Před 3 lety +3

    Well-presented! I liked the history, and you made it (relatively) easy to understand!

  • @MegaDeath458
    @MegaDeath458 Před 4 lety +13

    "That's right! We're talking about quantum mechanics"
    Me: *Oh no, oh not this*

  • @aspieatheist6040
    @aspieatheist6040 Před 5 lety +479

    "If you say you understand quantum mechanics, then you don't understand quantum mechanics".
    -Richard Feynman

    • @guitygro1138
      @guitygro1138 Před 5 lety +13

      Joseph Bailey
      Quantum mechanics is like trying to explain that the sun revolves around the earth or that the earth is flat and not a sphere. Every time there’s a problem with a theory, a new theory is invented to explain away the flaws of the previous one.

    • @dougharmon7462
      @dougharmon7462 Před 5 lety +23

      I been studying Quantum mechanics for 14 years now and I still don't understand it. that's why I'm watching this video.. lol.. I'm hoping someone can get it through my thick skull... this was a great video I must say..

    • @A_Box
      @A_Box Před 5 lety +7

      It's not that every bit of quantum mechanics is hard to understand, what is hard to explain everything in the theory. For example: electrons are allowed to only have certain energy values is easy, explaining what the Hamiltonian is and why it is an operator in Hilbert space is much more difficult.

    • @ShauryaSingh-ts2oc
      @ShauryaSingh-ts2oc Před 5 lety +12

      And if I say I do not understand quantum mechanics?

    • @lukascerdenia8156
      @lukascerdenia8156 Před 5 lety +7

      @@ShauryaSingh-ts2oc then perhaps you understand quantum mechanics! lol!

  • @devinmccloud
    @devinmccloud Před 6 lety +68

    You are incredible at describing everything. It's a very rare quality in a teacher. You can tell you understand the material and are passionate about what you do. Many minds will be unlocked because of you. Well done sir!

  • @soupbonep
    @soupbonep Před 2 lety +3

    Great explanation of collapsing wave function. I've heard this term millions of times watching videos and listening to Brian Greene, yet never has it been described. THANKS!

  • @edjohnson2192
    @edjohnson2192 Před 2 lety +1

    I just saw this older video. I like the head blowing up into flames at the end. Love your channel. It's the best. Keep it up.

  • @tfannon
    @tfannon Před 5 lety +34

    I’m a CS professional who has just recently gotten into physics. I’ve read books about Einstein, Dirac, Feynman, etc but this video was the first I watched which allowed me to get an idea of how all of these ‘breakthroughs ‘ furthered our understanding. Thank you so much for this.

    • @ScienceAsylum
      @ScienceAsylum  Před 5 lety +3

      You're very welcome :-)

    • @dru4670
      @dru4670 Před 3 lety +1

      CS and physics. Perfect combination for taking over the world.

  • @scptime1188
    @scptime1188 Před 5 lety +227

    Quantum mechanics: *idea*
    Also quantum mechanics: well yes, but actually no

    • @hektor6766
      @hektor6766 Před 4 lety +10

      Probably.

    • @kamranbashir4842
      @kamranbashir4842 Před 4 lety +6

      Also quantum mechanics: *saying No while nodding Yes*

    • @Mr.Nichan
      @Mr.Nichan Před 4 lety

      It's in a superposition of states where it says yes and ones where it says no.

    • @scptime1188
      @scptime1188 Před 4 lety

      @@Mr.Nichan Lmao missed that one 😂

    • @kaisoonjoe5514
      @kaisoonjoe5514 Před 3 lety

      Let me get this straight: An atom is both existent and nonexistent, at the same time??? Preposterous!!!

  • @KawaiChan.
    @KawaiChan. Před 2 lety +2

    Your description was a lot better than any of the visual models. The visuals never changed from simply having a bunch of electrons circling it. While this is true, like you said the electrons can only have a certain charge at any time and nothing in between. They sink in orbit and go out, but it is instantaneous. Weird stuff.

  • @kagannasuhbeyoglu
    @kagannasuhbeyoglu Před 4 lety +2

    Very informative content again. Also subtitle translations are amazing!
    👏👏

  • @curtbarnes4294
    @curtbarnes4294 Před 5 lety +63

    this is what we hoped the internet would become--education for the masses (!) for free!* thanks.
    *with Patreon supporters

  • @philosophilia3563
    @philosophilia3563 Před 6 lety +162

    The many times I wished youtube was around (or even internet!!!) when I went on junior high or high school... This is _the perfect example_ why I'm still a little jealous on children today who have the opportunity to learn difficult subjects with such clarity, than getting schooled by bad teachers, and back then - also horrible books compared.
    THANK YOU.

    • @ScienceAsylum
      @ScienceAsylum  Před 6 lety +3

      You're welcome! :-)

    • @philosophilia3563
      @philosophilia3563 Před 6 lety +2

      Keep up the _very good_ work TSA :)

    • @velialpyavuz3411
      @velialpyavuz3411 Před 6 lety +9

      I am a Chemical Engineer from a top Collage and my 12 year old daughter knocks me off in Chemistry - and i feel proud 💕

    • @rogeronslow1498
      @rogeronslow1498 Před 6 lety +4

      Philosophilia Don't you know, a good education is wasted on the young.

    • @gothicfan51
      @gothicfan51 Před 5 lety

      A lot of younger viewers don't watch this.

  • @mczubala4
    @mczubala4 Před 2 lety +1

    great video, great approach - going to binge on this channel!

  • @kaieckhardt8261
    @kaieckhardt8261 Před 3 lety +1

    I love this program ! Super entertaining yet super deep ! Thank you

  • @13thxenos
    @13thxenos Před 7 lety +19

    This was a great explanation! I had quantum computing last year and it started by describing quantum theories, and a whole semester couldn't do what you did in less than 10 minutes.

    • @ScienceAsylum
      @ScienceAsylum  Před 7 lety +5

      Glad I could help :-)

    • @MB-xr7xx
      @MB-xr7xx Před 6 lety

      That's university education for you. Nuggets of useful information in a four year cloud of useless nothingness.

  • @joshkeeling82
    @joshkeeling82 Před 6 lety +6

    Wow. Outstanding video! The video clarified 20-years of confusion. Thank you so very much. You truly do not know how much I appreciate your video and other videos.

  • @ishakawade9100
    @ishakawade9100 Před 2 lety +1

    Goodness seriously blew me up! But keep up the great work I just love your channel

  • @michaelmcdoesntexist1459
    @michaelmcdoesntexist1459 Před 2 lety +2

    I found this channel yesterday. You suckerpunched my mind so hard now I need to keep watching.

  • @cecool4
    @cecool4 Před 7 lety +43

    Very nice video, wish these things were explained as nicely in highschool!

    • @dew02300
      @dew02300 Před 6 lety

      CrY of FuN This video also explains very well why I was a history major in college.

  • @matheusbarbosa2548
    @matheusbarbosa2548 Před 5 lety +7

    I have just discovered this channel and am impressed with such quality of content. WP.

  • @flindersmj
    @flindersmj Před 3 lety +3

    As a long-time "type 1" diabetic, I frequently suffer extreme "sugar lows", sometimes down into the 40's. After eating sugar and as I start to come out of these sugar lows, just for a few seconds (20 or so), I can "see" what looks like an atom in my field of vision. Its not really there, but I can see it hoovering before my eyes; or rather, hoovering inside of my eyes. The image has a core with several oscillating layers flying around the core. These layers are just like the energy levels depicted in this youtube video. The oscillation seems to pulse very rapidly as generated light flashes between spectrums of lighter to darker; the leading edge of the pulse being the brightest. Its so bright that it's hard to focus on it without wondering if I might damage my eye just by looking at it. After a few seconds the image fades into the surrounding ambient light. This phenomenon is the coolest thing you could ever imagine.

  • @ajunathanael6279
    @ajunathanael6279 Před 4 lety +1

    Very helpful. Thank you. An extreme perfect description

  • @KnowBuddiesLP
    @KnowBuddiesLP Před 7 lety +168

    Yep, once again gave me some insight but also broke my brain! Great work as always and keep it up!

    • @williamrobinsoniii4870
      @williamrobinsoniii4870 Před 6 lety +2

      KnowBuddies LP you think you can find my brain and text it back to me please😂😂😂😂😂

    • @andrewanderson5095
      @andrewanderson5095 Před 6 lety

      KnowBuddies LP Since I'm not highly educated I can't wrap my head around it, To comprehend it fully..So it's goes over my head LOL I feel so STUPID. 😬

    • @HeyImLucious
      @HeyImLucious Před 6 lety +3

      Welcome to electrons. The more you learn about them the more you become convinced that they're literally magic.

    • @n2airb382
      @n2airb382 Před 6 lety

      What you need to take a way from this is that you live in a simulation, and the REAL REALITY will become clear when you die. " All things are held together in his name" Colossians 1:17

    • @Jakehava
      @Jakehava Před 5 lety

      n2airb, Most of what you say is good. What we think of as "reality", the physical, is really a shadow cast by the substance, the spiritual, which is the reality to be manifest thereby bringing all into perfection.

  • @aVoidPiOver2Rad
    @aVoidPiOver2Rad Před 5 lety +12

    I can't believe that I found your channel only a few days ago... Your videos absolutely fantastic. Keep it up :)

    • @davidsabillon5182
      @davidsabillon5182 Před 5 lety +1

      Me too 🙋🏻‍♂️. I was impressed with the graphics. The best channel is called space time. Check it out if you haven't yet.

  • @druebio851
    @druebio851 Před rokem +2

    This guy simultaneously stares into my soul while also teaching everything I need to know in 8 minutes plus

  • @skuzlebut82
    @skuzlebut82 Před 2 lety +1

    I friggin LOVE your videos! I commented on your newest video about my 8 year old daughter enjoying your videos. She's a HUGE science nerd and videos like this help SO much so that she can understand atoms.

  • @algerianhanisaid
    @algerianhanisaid Před 5 lety +3

    This is the best video about Quantum Mechanics that I've ever seen !
    Thanks for your high pedagogical level.
    I wish you the best !

  • @TerryB751
    @TerryB751 Před 6 lety +25

    Great video. I'm 64 and remember taking physics back in the mid '70s in the university and it probably would have helped with this type of overview before getting into the grittier details.

    • @quovadis7119
      @quovadis7119 Před 5 lety

      Terry B S o my kid came and said 'Dad, I'm battling with science.' So I said "Ask me anything". So she said 'How do waves and particles work?" So I said "Not how the people asking you that question, figure". It was the most honest answer I could give. 😎

  • @erikcorona4
    @erikcorona4 Před 2 lety +1

    Damn, I love your videos. You always address the most interesting topics.

  • @thegirlsquad2500
    @thegirlsquad2500 Před 3 lety +2

    With confidence, this is so far the best short physics material explaining atom.

  • @charliesvids
    @charliesvids Před 5 lety +133

    Me: cool, I wonder what it looks like.
    *watches video*
    Me again: What

    • @Ali_Kareem180
      @Ali_Kareem180 Před 4 lety +6

      You watching what does an atom looks like
      You again after watching : what does an atom looks like

    • @greenben3744
      @greenben3744 Před 4 lety +2

      What he was describing is that we need to move on from the Bohr model to the Orbital one. There the electrons get smeared into shapes of probability’s; taking on shapes we can better understand. The s, d, p and f orbitals have these weird ball and hoop shapes which can interact and hybridize together to make atomic bonds.
      The Orbitals are the representation of the energy level an electron can assume. Because of their spin, only two electrons can exist in one place, forcing more electrons to take up space further and further out from the core, looking, when simplified, like the Bohr model.
      Wikipedia has a good explanation plus pretty pictures if you want to know more.

  • @petyrkowalski9887
    @petyrkowalski9887 Před 5 lety +4

    I love how you kind of summarised 17 years of my maths, physics and particle physics education in a few minutes...nice job :-)

  • @hugorincon5319
    @hugorincon5319 Před 3 lety +1

    I've seen many of your videos, but this I really like it, too much, because it explain my major problems, I mean the idea of quantum and quantized. I appreciate your job. Greetings from Colombia

  • @nayyarpasha4958
    @nayyarpasha4958 Před 4 lety +1

    Great summery of whole concept with absolute clarity

  • @operazionetrasparenza5297
    @operazionetrasparenza5297 Před 5 lety +46

    thank you Nick for putting your HEART in these great videos

    • @bula9737
      @bula9737 Před 5 lety

      Fabio Z yeah he’s very passionate!! You’re a great man Nick! Thank you

    • @ShauriePvs
      @ShauriePvs Před 4 lety +1

      As well as heart on your comment

  • @Islykids
    @Islykids Před 6 lety +6

    Just discovered this channel, absolutely LOVE it!! (:

  • @dianp.t.8886
    @dianp.t.8886 Před rokem +1

    Excellent summary! Thank you!

  • @LowellBoggs
    @LowellBoggs Před 4 lety +1

    Outstanding! I love this episode!

  • @adeshpoz1167
    @adeshpoz1167 Před 6 lety +3

    Really good effort!loved it. Hoping to see more good stuffs (before that I'll go through your previous videos. I just found your channel. And this my first video.

  • @ahnufakifurrashid2855
    @ahnufakifurrashid2855 Před 5 lety +138

    My mind hurts

    • @reineh3477
      @reineh3477 Před 4 lety +5

      Be lucky you still have one, even if it hurts. Mine exploded

  • @keyserxx
    @keyserxx Před 3 lety +2

    Excellent. I thought you might end with atomic orbitals and how these complex arrangements create the elements and how they interact but that can be another video :)

  • @bbrown9763
    @bbrown9763 Před 2 lety +1

    Really, what a great video. Well explained but without toooo much detail. Well done.

  • @nazra7
    @nazra7 Před 6 lety +72

    Good info. only after watching several QM documentaries and explanation videos did I finally realize that particles are not waves, only their properties are. And only recently did I realize that a particle doesn't exist, only its properties do. And that led me to discover that all particles and energies exists only as a group of vibrations always resonating somewhere on the electromagnetic spectrum... All light, heat,, sound, taste, and texture are made up of the same thing: vibration. They only differ n frequency and wavelength. Since then I've been making new discoveries of knowledge everyday. Learning the above really is they key to unlocking the universe's mysteries.

    • @heavyhitter8972
      @heavyhitter8972 Před 6 lety +14

      nazra7 I came to the same realizations you describe but through a different process... I took a bunch of magic mushrooms and experienced it directly. The other major realization I had was that everything, and I do mean everything, is mind or consciousness if you will. There is mind and awareness of it, and that's it... The rest is simply what mind is doing.

    • @jensphiliphohmann1876
      @jensphiliphohmann1876 Před 6 lety +2

      I think the particle exists but not as a kind of 'thing' but as an elementary excitation of something called the electron field, figuratively as the lowest possible oscillation of a guitar or violin string (this is just an image not to take too seriously).

    • @artv.9989
      @artv.9989 Před 6 lety +3

      So does that mean that everything in nature vibrates at a sub atomic level?

    • @pfury67
      @pfury67 Před 6 lety

      Excellent post, and this is dead on for our understanding on particles. There is no sexy way to portray these things in pictures, they are understood by their properties.

    • @alphagt62
      @alphagt62 Před 6 lety +1

      I understand your explanation more than his. I noticed as a child that all energies are measured as waves. Sound waves, light waves, magnetic waves, x-ray waves, they all oscillate in sine wave fashion. I also recall seeing a electron microscope photo of gold, it looked just like little yellow balls jammed together, so, it’s not just properties, they actually exist. You can see the outer orbits, or whatever the outside edge of an atom is. String theory may never be provable, but it sure seems likely.

  • @MonicaMarelliFisicaMiao
    @MonicaMarelliFisicaMiao Před 5 lety +40

    I’m a physicist and you made a great job!

  • @matthicks5457
    @matthicks5457 Před 4 lety +1

    This video was great! Thanks!

  • @JakubCA1
    @JakubCA1 Před 2 lety +2

    This is really well explained!!

  • @JavierSalcedoC
    @JavierSalcedoC Před 6 lety +140

    99% chance I'll hit the like button of this video
    After measurement, it's a 100% chance

  • @vikramsingha2312
    @vikramsingha2312 Před 5 lety +5

    Now my High school science classes makes sense especially looking at the historical timeline and the understanding it brought with it on atoms/molecules. Wish I could have watched this video 12 years back ! :D

  • @Geffi01
    @Geffi01 Před 3 lety +1

    One of the best explanations i heard so far!

  • @wootle
    @wootle Před 4 lety +1

    Fantastic channel, thank you very much!

  • @rodrigonunezpiriz6286
    @rodrigonunezpiriz6286 Před 4 lety +4

    Thank you! amazing sum up, I love chemistry, I´ve taken 4 semesters and still can´t completly imagine what would every element actually look like, in terms of motion, neutrons protons and electrons... My mind cracks! But you made it a little bit closer, Thank you! Watching From Uruguay.

  • @martj1313
    @martj1313 Před 6 lety +92

    Thanks a lot, 8 minutes and 43 seconds ago i thought i was pretty smart, now im not sure i know how to tie my laces.

    • @ScienceAsylum
      @ScienceAsylum  Před 6 lety +12

      Welcome to quantum mechanics.

    • @martj1313
      @martj1313 Před 6 lety +5

      It,s witchcraft.

    • @mandolinic
      @mandolinic Před 6 lety +4

      I assure you that you DO know how to tie up your laces - you're just not sure whether they're going to stay tied up when you've finished. I think it's something to do with quantum entanglement.

    • @martj1313
      @martj1313 Před 6 lety +2

      Mandolinic
      ahhh, i wear slip ons to get round the problem

    • @marciabarlow4704
      @marciabarlow4704 Před 6 lety +2

      Martj: I'm right there with you....or even if I have the shoes on the right feet.

  • @anshitasingh7943
    @anshitasingh7943 Před 3 lety +1

    Oh my....thank you so much....i understood so much and style you explained was amazing , got it all when viewed it second time : p thank you so much for this mich hard work

  • @Ghulatz
    @Ghulatz Před 2 lety +1

    Thx Prof. We are getting there. This one was my favorite

  •  Před 6 lety +8

    Superlative and so educative video. I always share them. They deserve the best. Regards from Patagonia, Argentina.

  • @GabrielTLGTaveira
    @GabrielTLGTaveira Před 5 lety +5

    It's one of the best I've ever seen in terms os scientific explanation, in simple terms.

  • @Martin3m
    @Martin3m Před 4 lety +1

    GREAT video!!! thank you very much

  • @robertYTB78g
    @robertYTB78g Před 4 lety +1

    so well presented - thank you :)

  • @edjohnson2192
    @edjohnson2192 Před 4 lety +7

    I loved the flaming head at the end. love the vids. you're a great teacher.

  • @MShazarul
    @MShazarul Před 5 lety +41

    When a measurement can only have a certain values, we say it's quantized. Thank god for the most easiest explanation for Quantized. I googled quantized and wow, just wow

  • @premiere3610
    @premiere3610 Před 2 lety

    I think that i understand this a bit before but when i watched this video, then i know i still don't know many parts of atom structure. This video clear it in many aspects. The time line and the questions that asked in the video is quite useful. I need to watch this again to make it sink deeper.

  • @TanzimRony
    @TanzimRony Před 2 lety +1

    Best explanation, you are really good at explaining things.

  • @christopherhallmoorehouse7481

    The mad scientist I like the approach. Science is awesome so mix a little madness with it and make it even better

  • @pauldugdale7106
    @pauldugdale7106 Před 5 lety +199

    I've got a question - what does an atom REALLY look like?

    • @Nesisorator
      @Nesisorator Před 5 lety +17

      google "atomic orbitals". somehow this guy completely ignored the graphic concept of this and only mentioned the way harder to understand mathmatical part

    • @ryancary8477
      @ryancary8477 Před 5 lety +5

      @@Nesisorator no he answered the question nobody f@!king knows but Google it anyway they will make up something

    • @Nesisorator
      @Nesisorator Před 5 lety +4

      @@ryancary8477 what. those functions and equations literally describe atomic orbitals

    • @ryancary8477
      @ryancary8477 Před 5 lety +4

      @@Nesisorator ok but they said they could show an atom the bible describes god but yall dont accept that

    • @jackadullboy880
      @jackadullboy880 Před 5 lety +7

      In my humble opinion the future is based on thought or choice,,, by a mind, or something that started a chain reaction of an original thought. (God) like the information in DNA was created and not random or started by chance. So far Kent Hovind explained it best,,, "In the beginning...." (the big bang) before that no human comprehension of time, space and matter.

  • @parasgupta5278
    @parasgupta5278 Před rokem

    Was just studying about Bohr Atomic Model, De-droglie wavelength, uncertainty principle and the Quantum Mechanical model of atom.
    And I must say, my mind has been blown, seriously this video is so amazing.
    Thanks

  • @worldsokayestmedic4568
    @worldsokayestmedic4568 Před 3 lety +1

    Dude! What awesome work! Thanks!

  • @gemmel3197
    @gemmel3197 Před 5 lety +3

    Just found your channel, loved the video. A interesting way of presenting, I enjoyed it and I'm an old guy too. Subbed

  • @smithmelanie754
    @smithmelanie754 Před 5 lety +5

    I love your presentation of the atom . I didn't feel like I was falling asleep. It kept me laughing.

  • @shobhitraj5840
    @shobhitraj5840 Před 3 lety +1

    Loved this and the visuals are great

  • @starstuff11
    @starstuff11 Před rokem +2

    I am in love with your book!!

  • @Jack-vy2vx
    @Jack-vy2vx Před 5 lety +5

    Outstanding presentation and explanation ! Great teacher !

  • @DKolha
    @DKolha Před 7 lety +13

    This one was very very hard to get... I might come back in the future when I know stuff better to try again...
    But, great job anyway, I like the precision this channel has on explaining things even though sometimes it compromises the understandability for guys like me..

    • @ScienceAsylum
      @ScienceAsylum  Před 7 lety +3

      XKCD just did a comic about this: xkcd.com/1861/

    • @seagoat651
      @seagoat651 Před 6 lety

      Yea,I agree.I personally need to process over and over till something clicks.

  • @switchblade8028
    @switchblade8028 Před 3 lety +1

    this video was shot in 2017 so old and still no one else better to explain this concept

  • @flipping1n0s
    @flipping1n0s Před 4 lety +1

    I wish I could hit like again. Such a good video and explanation.