Magnets... how do they work?

Richard Feynman doesn't explain magnets.

[ChristopherSykesDocumentaries]

I've only just come across this and I think it's excellent - beautifully done!

[irmagedden]

If Alan Rickman gave a lecture on magnets, it would sound like this

[madeofyucca]

Who created this animation? It is brilliant. I would love to see more like this. 

[MikeLeininger]

I would have to agree that your animation is indeed, brilliant. I'm not sure what program you used to create it or how long it must have taken you. Especially considering how long and detailed Feynman's explanation was. That being said.... Can you divulge some of the behind the scenes processes involved in creating this animation? It kept my engaged the whole time on a subject that normally I would have abandoned after the first minute. Kudos sir. Well played for sure. Now please shed some light on your genius?? Thank you.

[CallMeetheJester]

so to sum up what he said " i can't explain magnets to you because you wouldn't understand"

[chillstationproof]

But wouldn't magnet force be the same as looking down from a birds eye view at a bridge built over a rushing river. looking down, the top of the bridge represents the magnet. the water rushing toward and under the bridge represents the attractive force the the water rushing out the other side represents the repelling force. but this guy was asking what exactly the force it self is?

[Renato]

magnets repel because in iron, the electrons magnify the effect of a force that is already there!
After you understand why magnets repel, next question, you ask why there is a force between the electrons and the nucleus in EVERY atom of EVERY element at all - wood, plastic, food, you name it. And the fact that, in iron, this force is magnified for some reason becomes a detail in the greater picture that you have. Bottom line, you still don't understand 'the force' per say and that, nobody does.

[SkansgardCNC]

No, because he still didn't explain WHY the force attracts ans repels. YOu are taking the magnetic force for granted, allthough you don't know the details of how it works (how do magnet A know that Magnet B is repellling it over a distance, etc). Are there particles traveling along the magnetic field? I don't know. Maybe Feynman did...