BEST SCIENCE MUSEUM EVER! - AGU 2015 (Part 6)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มี.ค. 2016
- Better late than never! Tom and I visit the Golden Gate Bridge and the California Academy of Sciences. It was AWESOME.
I think the Academy might well be the best science museum and public engagement institution I've ever visited. It expertly uses all the techniques in the science communication arsenal and if you can visit you absolutely should.
Also Tom gives his review of Star Wars, I touch the Pacific Ocean, and we bring the whole trip to California to a close!
Music:
- Raw Deal by Gunnar Olsen
- The Little Mermaid remix / mermaid-samba
- Praise the Helix by The Church of the Helix Choir churchofthehelixchoir.bandcam...
- Jingle Bells by Kevin McLeod
Series Playlist: • AGU 2015
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I am Simon, a third year PhD candidate at the University of Exeter. I upload videos on bits of science which are relevant to what I do, and sometimes just because they're really cool.
Vlogs from Oxford students - / oxvlog
My twitter - / simonoxfphys
My facebook - / youtubesimon
There's something special about your personality. It happened a couple of times already that I couldn't get out of bed in the morning because I felt, well, low and your vlogs were the only thing that managed to cheer me up by reminding me what makes this "life" thing beautiful - staying curious, learning, travelling. Great editing, excellent camera work, but it's your humour, drive and curious mind that make this channel one of the best thing on the Internet. Thank you!
On a lighter note... those penguins in the video were so damn cute! :P
+Julia Ts thank you so much for this
''look at the seahorses mum'' the way you said that just made my shitty day 10 000 times better :') I love your video's they alway cheer me up
I went to the california academy of sciences, back in 2010, when i was 10 years old. this bought back all the amazing memories from that place man, i need to go back someday.. I live in New zealand now
I loved your continued excitement for this - just want to visit that museum now :D
I love your enthusiasm and humour!!
I don't want to sound creepy, but your videos are becoming an obsession of mine!
+Alleeyah Madho No need to worry about sounding creepy - glad you're on board for the videos! :)
I love your videos! The editing is superb and some dank comic sans use!
+xInSaNiTy2011 All about that dank mate
Definitely the best editing I have seen in a while! Plus, you're probably the funniest person I know as we share the same sense of humour so: thanks for that! :)
+Sandro Eich haha thank you! :)
SO EXCITED YOU LOVED THE MUSEUM IT'S MY FAVORITE EVER, I PREACH IT'S SUPERIORITY AND NOW IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY THE OXFPHYS THAT IT IS THE BEST (also freaking out because my family lives a couple blocks away)
Ahh, how much fun! :) I've watched several tours of the Cal Academy - loving all the Biology especially.
I visited San Francisco whilst on a conference in January, but sadly only went in the evening so missed out in visiting Exploratium, Academy of Sciences and all other exciting San Franciscan activities.
Next time I visit San Francisco, I'll be giving it proper justice! :D
Loving the editing! Hilarious vid
+bellerophon 123 thank you! :D
Really enjoyed watching these! Especially loved the great use of comic sans all over :)
+Adam McVeigh All about the comic sans, the greatest font of all! Apart from maybe Papyrus...
I heard they're a great fan of that in Kent ;)
The official font of Kent
+SimonOxfPhys And also CERN used it in their presentation of the Higgs Boson results. Someone was definitely poking fun at someone in that choice :D
Ah, Home. I do so miss my home metropolitan.
I see you had a lovely time there at the museum, and the touching the Pacific Ocean.
+SimonOxfPhys, Question: How did you edit the colouring for the aquarium bits in your video? Or did you apply the same editing on the video as a whole?
I watched TH-cam tutorials on how to edit aquarium photos and I advice was helpful in bring out what was hidden, lost, or what otherwise been washed out in the raw cut.
In you video, Simon, the aquarium video clips are stunning and consistent throughout and in each scene.
+Sheldon Hi! So I actually didn't do anything special for the aquarium shots - I applied a general colour curve to all the footage to bump up the contrast but that was it. For videos of this length I just can't be bothered to do it shot by shot haha! The G7X is just a very good camera is seems
Your vlogs and generally everything I have watched radiated such great energy. I'm new to your channel but I would love to know if you are someone who doesn't focus on the bigger picture but takes each day at a time to make the most of life. If you focus on the bigger picture, could you share it? What state of mind or philosophy keeps you going as a person? It's a bundle of questions but I'm really interested in your reply if you understand what depth those questions carry.
Absolutely love your videos. You and Casey Neistat are probably my two main favourite TH-camrs!
+Tom Benford Oh wow thank you! That's quite an honour, I'll definitely take that one to the bank :)
Merry Christmas.
Cal Academy is amazing and I hope you enjoyed San Francisco. Also, isn't SFO a great airport?
Hi! I looove your videos so much! I was wondering if you would do a Q&A soon. My question is, what grades are required if you do 4 A levels? And, is there any inconvenience in taking your mother language as an A Level (spanish) Thanks and hope you had an awesome time!
+Paula Santiago if you're applying to Oxbridge? They will require between A*A*A and AAA, but will only ask for three grades - never all four
See if I apply to Oxford can I apply for more than one course or does it have to be specifically just one?
+rastislav ferenc I think you can but I wouldn't recommend it - as the uni will see that you've applied for multiple courses there, potentially showing that you're not totally dedicated to one subject (which they are looking for)
+SimonOxfPhys Okay, thank you
Hey I'm a gcse student and needed to ask this to someone clever. I know
you don't study chemistry but i though you may be able to tell me how wrong i am. I was thinking about whether it is possible to make alkanes from yeast. Yeast can be used to make ethanol. Ethanol can be dehydrated to produce ethene. Then you can use the process of hydrogenation to turn ethene into ethane. Once you have ethane you could use polymerisation to produce other alkanes. Please note my understanding of chemistry is only to GCSE level so yh i may be completely wrong. Thanks. Btw great vlog
Hello +SimonOxfPhys I am in year 7 and have already started revising for GCSE's, Have I started revising to early or not?? I know there's no such thing as 'Early' but should I stop and relax and stop till year 9 and start revising again or no? i currently have straight D's and in year 7 and still going up a grade every year and still technically have 4 years as its end of year, I am praying to get into college and get in A level AA A* in Physics, English and Maths, and then hoping to get into Cambridge and do law to eventually get onto being a lawyer, maybe oxford I don't know i'll decide at the time.
Your sincerely,
Matthew...
+matthew cairns Yes year 7 is definitely too early to start revising for your GCSEs! Concentrate on the material that you're doing in your school year, then start thinking about your GCSEs in year 10
Thanks Simon
nice
Holy shit Christmas? Haha
Guess what my science and English exams are over. I've got 4 more exams left then I'm coming home to ENGLAND!!!
+Naming Oslsss Woooooo! Good luck with the rest of the exams! :D
+SimonOxfPhys thanks
+SimonOxfPhys I'm off To revise
9:59 LOL the girl
+thales willian Cruz AHAHAHAHA I totally missed that!
You missed Claude - the albino alligator!
We saw him! My camera was just dead when we did :(