Going Nuclear with Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Eric Schneider

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0:00 - Introduction
0:13 - Discovery Of Radioactivity
1:10 - Energy Of Mass
1:31 - Beginnings Of Quantum Physics
2:52 - The Chain-Reaction Of Nuclear Fission
4:25 - How Nuclear-Fission Is Controlled
5:14 - Thermonuclear Fusion
6:42 - The Science Of Supernovas
7:31 - Nuclear Energy & The Sun
9:18 - Sponsored By Brilliant
9:39 - Closing Notes

[physics_hacker]

Neutron: *goes up to bar and orders drink* How much?
Bartender Proton: For you? No charge.
Neutron: You sure?
Bartender Proton: I'm positive.

[EDKsurly]

There needs to be more info like this. Too many people fear nuclear power without knowing why.

[Zygarde]

people: NO NUKES!
the sun: *laughs in nuclear reactor*

[mikekotouc]

I love how pleased Neil is with himself when he tells one of his science dad jokes. The guy is a treasure.

[Flippokid]

This is the first time nuclear fission has been made clear to me.

[TommoCarroll]

That was a great graphic used to explain the processes in stars! Beautifully done!

[kirkgonzalez]

As I keep watching Neil, I slowly tend to hate teachers who don’t teach like him.

[IamKnucks]

I would make all StarTalk videos compulsory for science classes in schools.

[BakedPhoria]

I wish I knew about physics when I was younger...I am in so much love with physics!! Everything we have made is because of physics. Without it we wouldn't understand anything!

[rogerdodger]

I love their chemistry . Great way to share knowledge

[jasp]

We learned this at school but Neil always manages to teach me something new *Cough School system Cough*

[GingerBeard]

You two make learning funny and enjoyable!
Keep up the wonderful work!

[TypeErrorDev]

I learn something new every time I watch these two...freaking love it!

[nwabuezeozuzu]

Refreshed my memory and thought me new things about nuclear fission, fusion and iron. I'm so grateful 💞

[limabravo]

I had a conversation with my brother in law over nuclear weapons, where he was under the impression that they are horribly complex and couldn’t be built by anything be other than super geniuses like those at los alomos labs. So I told him that the first weapons were built back in the 40’s with no computers, and no way to know if their designs would work. They also managed to pull off nuclear fission with nuclear fuel that they had to make. The bomb that blew up Hiroshima is about as simple as you can get, take two pieces of uranium 235 and combine them them violently and boom. He was still skeptical until I went on Wikipedia and showed him the design.

[parman]

Beautiful “mind”...beautiful “voice”....LOVE Neil

[maserekashepherd]

Locked in from Africa. I appreciate the magnificent physics

[grumpyjoe]

Wow that was genuinely an amazing lesson! Love it! Thank you StarTalk <3

[aseelkasab]

Yo, Neil,
we need more of these videos pls

Regards,

[UrslurStarSky]

This is my new favourite YouTube channel.