The Chemist Who Accidentally Solved Fermentation

This is a short story of Eduard Buchner, the chemist who discovered the alcoholic fermentation can be done without living cells present. His accidental discovery that cell components can still perform fermentation ended a debate between mechanism and vitalism, and was a founding step for biochemistry.

[@jonahansen]

Very nice. Thanks for this treatment of a very important historical scientific event!

[@lucid212]

You saved me the effort and time of reading biographies and history of medicine and science.

[@STEVEBURTON99]

Nicely explained. Thank you. This is also a nice length for a video covering a topic like this.

[@le9038]

Very well made video.

[@aniksamiurrahman6365]

It's not the "remaining" yeast cells that caused the fermentation. It's completely "cell free" yeast extract that Buchner saw doing the fermentation. And that why this experiment mattered so much. Never b4 any vital process was seen to happen without any detectable cell.

[@RationalThinker118]

Yes I understand that. No living cells were present and fermentation still occurred.

[@aniksamiurrahman6365]

@@RationalThinker118 What's crazy is that, this discovery bests Wohler's synthesis of Urea. But I think an episode on that will be a good follow up. How Buckner's discovery openned the floodgate of metabolic research which completed Wohler's quest of Urea synthesis in living system by the discovery of Urea cycle will be another good episode or a whole series.

[@RationalThinker118]

Great idea actually. I came across Wohler while doing research on Buchner. I kinda do want to do more videos on earlier chemists... the topic is fascinating me at the moment

[@h1234e1234]

Nice video man, i really loved it. Keep up the good work :D

[@RationalThinker118]

Thank you very much!

[@smalcstein]

Great video!

[@RationalThinker118]

Thank you!

[@basroos_snafu]

Nice video, thanks! One tip: you rendered the video interlaced, that is meant for oldskool TV purposes, when video was written line by line. If you did this intentionally I've said nothing. If you didn't though it would benefit the quality of the video if you exported it non-interlaced. Keep up the good work!

[@RationalThinker118]

Thanks! I'm not sure what interlaced and non-interlaced is. I'll do some research on it. Will have it non-interlaced next time!

[@basroos_snafu]

​@@RationalThinker118While objects are moving you can see a tooth-like pattern on the edges, these are artifacts from the scan lines. Choose "Progressive" if possible in your export settings and you will most likely be fine. Good luck!

[@antoniopacelli]

For Enzymes Modification they were both Right.

[@le9038]

Why is this video in Interlace instead of progressive scan?

[@tvviewer4500]

Because you touch yourself at night

[@RationalThinker118]

Because I don't know how to render apparently 🤣

[@Chad-Giga.]

So they named a funnel after him.

[@Chad-Giga.]

So I guess this is where the zombie idea comes from

[@bournemouthisshit]

Crikey! Buchner and his used-to-this-day funnel....

[@RationalThinker118]

Actually the Buchner funnel is named after Ernst Buchner. Ernst is also responsible for the Buchner flask! Very cool coincidence!