What Does An Atom REALLY Look Like?

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  • 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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +880

    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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      That's science

    • @sumerianannunaki5957
      @sumerianannunaki5957 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      As it should be, ha!

    • @tcpip4me
      @tcpip4me 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

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

    • @ashroskell
      @ashroskell 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @captainobvious1252
      @captainobvious1252 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There’s more channels like that.

  • @neverarguewithan18wheeler10
    @neverarguewithan18wheeler10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +312

    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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @medurseshuswaminathan8098
      @medurseshuswaminathan8098 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @NoLongerNull
      @NoLongerNull 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes

  • @lisawyse1182
    @lisawyse1182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +297

    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  3 ปีที่แล้ว +237

      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 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@ScienceAsylum where do you teach?

    • @Red-Brick-Dream
      @Red-Brick-Dream 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @poopinbabe8972
      @poopinbabe8972 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Omg

    • @dtmty
      @dtmty ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    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 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @AnthonyShuker
      @AnthonyShuker 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @atomicnumber202
      @atomicnumber202 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@radioactivelight2189 what

    • @Yeetntx
      @Yeetntx ปีที่แล้ว

      yes even teleportation is created

    • @Yeetntx
      @Yeetntx ปีที่แล้ว

      so is crystals oscillating in time

  • @kn4qzw367
    @kn4qzw367 5 ปีที่แล้ว +628

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

    • @johnreid5814
      @johnreid5814 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly

    • @designedsaharsh4339
      @designedsaharsh4339 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      All cuz of the resistance and inductance of the ridiculous falseness offered by the garbage we have been fed in schools.

    • @currencylad7125
      @currencylad7125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Was it an incandescent or halogen light bulb?

    • @kn4qzw367
      @kn4qzw367 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Currency Lad LED

    • @currencylad7125
      @currencylad7125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      KN4QZW: Ha, ha! Touché.

  • @4rchfi3nd_4ct1ve
    @4rchfi3nd_4ct1ve 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2774

    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  5 ปีที่แล้ว +376

      Exactly this.

    • @wonhyeukjung3521
      @wonhyeukjung3521 5 ปีที่แล้ว +119

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

    • @reiniervanleeuwen9815
      @reiniervanleeuwen9815 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      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.

    • @4rchfi3nd_4ct1ve
      @4rchfi3nd_4ct1ve 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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. 🤯🤭🤔😮😯

  • @paulybeefs8588
    @paulybeefs8588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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!

  • @ultimategamer2669
    @ultimategamer2669 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

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

  • @kjohn8917
    @kjohn8917 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1493

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

    • @djw6430
      @djw6430 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @Kevin John Superb comment.

    • @msaadkamran8067
      @msaadkamran8067 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sure it is Superb

    • @mrmo2546
      @mrmo2546 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I just feel more dumber

    • @Armoterra
      @Armoterra 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Kevin John Shrodinger’s knowledge

    • @aljohnson3717
      @aljohnson3717 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @jason-pacini
    @jason-pacini 5 ปีที่แล้ว +489

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

    • @raviverma8479
      @raviverma8479 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @knightofcydonia1192
      @knightofcydonia1192 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@raviverma8479 -general concepts-

    • @AmandaSilva-ut1wm
      @AmandaSilva-ut1wm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I totally agree with you!

    • @knightofcydonia1192
      @knightofcydonia1192 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @derekl3108
      @derekl3108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @harikumarpg5341
    @harikumarpg5341 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @TheSkullConfernece
    @TheSkullConfernece 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

    • @zarifzaman8959
      @zarifzaman8959 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's 104.5° not 120°

    • @ahmedace4911
      @ahmedace4911 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wait, it could explain all that ?!
      Reference pleeeaase !!!!

  • @NPC-kv6ee
    @NPC-kv6ee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +327

    quantum physics is basically "well yes but actually no"

    • @ScienceAsylum
      @ScienceAsylum  4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Pretty much, yeah.

    • @duprie37
      @duprie37 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      If you look it could be "yes", or it could be "no", but when you're not peeking, mostly it's just "probably".

    • @ivanroman8914
      @ivanroman8914 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      it's actually wave worse

    • @paultonge6513
      @paultonge6513 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Probably

    • @cinamontoast2555
      @cinamontoast2555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No=yes=no and so on

  • @MrTej780
    @MrTej780 7 ปีที่แล้ว +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 7 ปีที่แล้ว +43

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

    • @MrTej780
      @MrTej780 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      bxyhxyh pretty much

    • @Krish-jm6ve
      @Krish-jm6ve 7 ปีที่แล้ว +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  7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

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

    • @ScienceAsylum
      @ScienceAsylum  7 ปีที่แล้ว +121

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

  • @kt420ish
    @kt420ish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      looks like you have discovered the loose string theory

    • @leechjim8023
      @leechjim8023 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @kt420ish
      @kt420ish 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @leechjim8023 no comment 😂😂😂

  • @obakeng1140
    @obakeng1140 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

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

    • @hijeffhere
      @hijeffhere 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @obakeng1140
      @obakeng1140 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @mr.evasion
      @mr.evasion 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @jskratnyarlathotep8411
      @jskratnyarlathotep8411 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      it does not =)

    • @jskratnyarlathotep8411
      @jskratnyarlathotep8411 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @petezzzz
    @petezzzz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +685

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

    • @johnathanwoods1223
      @johnathanwoods1223 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol!

    •  5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Actually no.

    • @orlock20
      @orlock20 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @leejordan001
      @leejordan001 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      No.

    • @laurencebetteridge8633
      @laurencebetteridge8633 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @aspieatheist6040
    @aspieatheist6040 6 ปีที่แล้ว +479

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

    • @guitygro1138
      @guitygro1138 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      And if I say I do not understand quantum mechanics?

    • @lukascerdenia8156
      @lukascerdenia8156 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @patrickjoshuamanzo5420
    @patrickjoshuamanzo5420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @dr.georgeburden3721
    @dr.georgeburden3721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @hatoftricks7132
    @hatoftricks7132 6 ปีที่แล้ว +493

    When years of education is rekt by an 8 minute video

    • @marjohngmoggy5281
      @marjohngmoggy5281 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @emettroll6911
      @emettroll6911 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @josephhollandpontes1030
      @josephhollandpontes1030 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      8 minute old!

    • @nyakwarObat
      @nyakwarObat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @Nebuch
    @Nebuch 7 ปีที่แล้ว +966

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

    • @hansdampf4057
      @hansdampf4057 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, I do. agree!

    • @saffetsinanoglu2631
      @saffetsinanoglu2631 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @zravena-1309
      @zravena-1309 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ooo nebuk

    • @sethsammyrosevlogs9307
      @sethsammyrosevlogs9307 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @patrickmcleod111
      @patrickmcleod111 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @quahntasy
    @quahntasy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @soupbonep
    @soupbonep 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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!

  • @qbslug
    @qbslug 7 ปีที่แล้ว +109

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

    • @ScienceAsylum
      @ScienceAsylum  7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thanks!

    • @johndifrancisco3642
      @johndifrancisco3642 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      qbslug, You are right. I'm in. I actually understood some of it! And it was fun.

  • @devinmccloud
    @devinmccloud 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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!

  • @MegaDeath458
    @MegaDeath458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @Rationalific
    @Rationalific 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @cgaccount3669
    @cgaccount3669 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 TH-cam videos and internet information. Math and science can be fun if you have even the slightest curiosity

    • @tonisoja1561
      @tonisoja1561 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As a person in school I respect that statement so much

    • @hektor6766
      @hektor6766 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @MsSonali1980
      @MsSonali1980 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @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).

  • @rn6045
    @rn6045 6 ปีที่แล้ว +191

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

  • @thegirlsquad2500
    @thegirlsquad2500 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @KawaiChan.
    @KawaiChan. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @curtbarnes4294
    @curtbarnes4294 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

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

  • @tfannon
    @tfannon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You're very welcome :-)

    • @dru4670
      @dru4670 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @frroossst4267
    @frroossst4267 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @flindersmj
    @flindersmj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @scptime1188
    @scptime1188 5 ปีที่แล้ว +227

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

    • @hektor6766
      @hektor6766 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Probably.

    • @kamranbashir4842
      @kamranbashir4842 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Also quantum mechanics: *saying No while nodding Yes*

    • @Mr.Nichan
      @Mr.Nichan 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @scptime1188
      @scptime1188 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mr.Nichan Lmao missed that one 😂

    • @kaisoonjoe5514
      @kaisoonjoe5514 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @philosophilia3563
    @philosophilia3563 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You're welcome! :-)

    • @philosophilia3563
      @philosophilia3563 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Keep up the _very good_ work TSA :)

    • @velialpyavuz3411
      @velialpyavuz3411 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @gothicfan51
      @gothicfan51 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      A lot of younger viewers don't watch this.

  • @druebio851
    @druebio851 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @nayyarpasha4958
    @nayyarpasha4958 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great summery of whole concept with absolute clarity

  • @ahnufakifurrashid2855
    @ahnufakifurrashid2855 5 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    My mind hurts

    • @reineh3477
      @reineh3477 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @cecool4
    @cecool4 7 ปีที่แล้ว +43

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

    • @dew02300
      @dew02300 6 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @skuzlebut82
    @skuzlebut82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @jobla7124
    @jobla7124 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I FINALLY think I understand the "both a particle and a wave" thing.

  • @charliesvids
    @charliesvids 5 ปีที่แล้ว +133

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

    • @Ali_Kareem180
      @Ali_Kareem180 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @greenben3744
      @greenben3744 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @johnnybgoode1950
    @johnnybgoode1950 6 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Reality is stranger than fiction sometimes.

    • @ScienceAsylum
      @ScienceAsylum  6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Agreed.

    • @pi6913
      @pi6913 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Definitely!
      Fiction is only human, reality is Nature!
      Much bigger "brain"!!!

  • @edjohnson2192
    @edjohnson2192 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @kaieckhardt8261
    @kaieckhardt8261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @13thxenos
    @13thxenos 7 ปีที่แล้ว +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  7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Glad I could help :-)

    • @MB-xr7xx
      @MB-xr7xx 6 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @hasansalman7369
    @hasansalman7369 7 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    02:02 I wish he had that mqny views.

    • @ScienceAsylum
      @ScienceAsylum  7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      A creator can dream...

    • @G4Gringo
      @G4Gringo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He'll get the views. This is brilliant.

    • @zzpazi
      @zzpazi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Time to update the video to the new TH-cam look :D

  • @kugaththeplaguefather6332
    @kugaththeplaguefather6332 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When you realize everything you have learned in TH-cam is a simplification and SERIOUS physics requires intense and complex mathematics.

  • @keyserxx
    @keyserxx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 :)

  • @joshkeeling82
    @joshkeeling82 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @TerryB751
    @TerryB751 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      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. 😎

  • @michaelmcdoesntexist1459
    @michaelmcdoesntexist1459 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @ScienceAsylum
      @ScienceAsylum  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm glad you found the channel then 🤓

  • @parasgupta5278
    @parasgupta5278 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @pauldugdale7106
    @pauldugdale7106 5 ปีที่แล้ว +199

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

    • @Nesisorator
      @Nesisorator 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @Nesisorator
      @Nesisorator 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @ryancary8477
      @ryancary8477 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @jackadullboy880
      @jackadullboy880 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @JohnSalmon
    @JohnSalmon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    So, What Does An Atom REALLY Look Like?

    • @ScienceAsylum
      @ScienceAsylum  6 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      It doesn't look like anything. The more we learn about atoms, the less visual they are.

    • @JohnSalmon
      @JohnSalmon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      If Rutherford couldn't see one how could he split it?

    • @KubuntuYou
      @KubuntuYou 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      He smashed a bunch of atoms into a bunch of other atoms. Some hit and split and others didn't.

    • @moonstriker7350
      @moonstriker7350 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      "it doesn't look like anything to me"

    • @mychevysparkevdidntcatchfi1489
      @mychevysparkevdidntcatchfi1489 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      She looks like Julianne Hough.

  • @hugorincon5319
    @hugorincon5319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @Nakameguro97
    @Nakameguro97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Electron orbitals falling out of QM equations is a shocking illustration of the power of mathematics for chemical modeling. IMHO, anyone who starts to learn HS Chemistry needs to watch this video, and rewatch it when Modern Physics is introduced. BTW, that was a great illustration of “waveform collapse” when measuring the position of an electron!

  • @aVoidPiOver2Rad
    @aVoidPiOver2Rad 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @davidsabillon5182
      @davidsabillon5182 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @matheusbarbosa2548
    @matheusbarbosa2548 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @premiere3610
    @premiere3610 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @amarsing8139
    @amarsing8139 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    First person on TH-cam to speak up so truly without any of his theories
    You are the teacher who ignite the search in human minda

  • @petyrkowalski9887
    @petyrkowalski9887 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @martj1313
    @martj1313 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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  6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Welcome to quantum mechanics.

    • @martj1313
      @martj1313 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It,s witchcraft.

    • @mandolinic
      @mandolinic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @marciabarlow4704
      @marciabarlow4704 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @switchblade8028
    @switchblade8028 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @illusions77
    @illusions77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had to watch a whole lotta science vids to finally get what u said. The way you approached it thru history is a very important step to understand how we all got here in QFT.

    • @illusions77
      @illusions77 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Some of them vids I watched btw are from this channel. Crazy 😜 yes.

  • @MonicaMarelliFisicaMiao
    @MonicaMarelliFisicaMiao 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

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

    • @goodcitizen3780
      @goodcitizen3780 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not entirely buying the, "I'm a physicist", line.

  • @KnowBuddiesLP
    @KnowBuddiesLP 7 ปีที่แล้ว +167

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

    • @williamrobinsoniii4870
      @williamrobinsoniii4870 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @andrewanderson5095
      @andrewanderson5095 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @n2airb382
      @n2airb382 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @KpxUrz5745
    @KpxUrz5745 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Learning a bit about quantum mechanics has had a major impact on my entire sense of reality, the physical universe, and our place in it. Trying to envision discreet particles and their behavior now seems a quaint relic of yesteryear. I believe that an atomic particle changing orbits instantaneously without actually moving through that space is beyond our comprehension to visualize. Physics is much deeper than almost anyone realizes.

  • @ajunathanael6279
    @ajunathanael6279 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very helpful. Thank you. An extreme perfect description

  • @algerianhanisaid
    @algerianhanisaid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 !

  • @vikramsingha2312
    @vikramsingha2312 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the best explanations i heard so far!

  • @bbrown9763
    @bbrown9763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @GabrielTLGTaveira
    @GabrielTLGTaveira 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @rodrigonunezpiriz6286
    @rodrigonunezpiriz6286 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @mczubala4
    @mczubala4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @akhileshdwivedi6516
    @akhileshdwivedi6516 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I want a teacher like you sir .
    I understood all you taught 👍👍

  • @MShazarul
    @MShazarul 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @billcape9405
    @billcape9405 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I enjoyed the video, thanks. I'm still trying to wrap my head around quantum mechanics. It's all just sort of a hazy blur and a whole lot of uncertainty. Like being in a fuzzy cloud.

  • @dianp.t.8886
    @dianp.t.8886 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent summary! Thank you!

  • @gromsbard
    @gromsbard 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this explanation, it made some things clearer and fits better into my thoughts of Hof everything is working, than everything the school teachers tought me...

  • @JavierSalcedoC
    @JavierSalcedoC 6 ปีที่แล้ว +140

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

    • @nickieshadowfaxbrooklyn5192
      @nickieshadowfaxbrooklyn5192 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Javier Salcedo decent joke )

    • @PanglossDr
      @PanglossDr 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Javier, I probably will too

    • @erinbates5440
      @erinbates5440 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Remember there is no real 100 percent chance always wiggle room as the man said

  • @christopherhallmoorehouse7481
    @christopherhallmoorehouse7481 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @vaibhava28
    @vaibhava28 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Unintentionally you teached us our class 11 physical chemistry chapter ... haha 😁😁 ... superb keep it up ❤️❤️

  • @luissabonetechavango233
    @luissabonetechavango233 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi craziness! I like your explanation. We can see from it that the former phizisists were worried about how to make things work. Nowadays is how they are and their behavior. You are really bringing the light to us. Thank you sir.

  • @adeshpoz1167
    @adeshpoz1167 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  •  7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @unchainedfemaleyoucan6206
    @unchainedfemaleyoucan6206 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    8:15 got any questions?
    Dude , you set my brain ablaze, from where am i even supposed to think to ask or make up a question 🧠🧠😑😑

  • @deborahkeesee7412
    @deborahkeesee7412 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I recommend you to several people every time I see you, Nick, because you really know how to get things across with enthusiasm and humor!

  • @Islykids
    @Islykids 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @Jack-vy2vx
    @Jack-vy2vx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Outstanding presentation and explanation ! Great teacher !

  • @kagannasuhbeyoglu
    @kagannasuhbeyoglu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @michaelboyd8546
    @michaelboyd8546 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'd love a whole video on just what the equation you gave means, part by part. If anyone could do it, you could

  • @operazionetrasparenza5297
    @operazionetrasparenza5297 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    thank you Nick for putting your HEART in these great videos

    • @bula9737
      @bula9737 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @ShauriePvs
      @ShauriePvs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As well as heart on your comment

  • @edjohnson2192
    @edjohnson2192 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @TanzimRony
    @TanzimRony 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best explanation, you are really good at explaining things.

  • @LowellBoggs
    @LowellBoggs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Outstanding! I love this episode!