What Does An Atom REALLY Look Like?

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]

The only channel where you come in with one question, and leave with 47 other questions and maybe 5 answers. love it

[neverarguewithanwheeler]

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

[lisawyse]

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.

[jckp]

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.

[knqzw]

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

[Hardzinho_Yay]

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.

[kugaththeplaguefather]

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

[ultimategamer]

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

[jason-pacini]

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

[kjohn]

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

[obakeng]

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

[paulybeefs]

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!

[MrTej]

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

[NPC-kvee]

quantum physics is basically "well yes but actually no"

[TheSkullConfernece]

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.

[harikumarpg]

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.

[petezzzz]

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

[hatoftricks]

When years of education is rekt by an 8 minute video

[MegaDeath]

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

[ktish]

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.