Falling In Love With Microscopy

This video is all about James, who many of you know as our master of microscopes. He is the scientist, and the artist, behind just about everything we are able to see in our collective journey through the microcosmos.

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[JamsGerms]

Thank you everyone! I'm so pleased to share my passion and love for microscopy with you all! <3

[yzenynot]

Thank you James and Hank for reawakening childlike wonder in this 68 year old. I got my first microscope as a teen, and I've had a few off and on, then life kind of took over and the unseen world took a back seat. That, is about to change, given my new scope should be arriving any day now. Keep inspiring and bringing us joy!!

[igorastral]

I am 33 years old builder. I discovered yor channel 3-4 days ago and I passionately fell in love with your work. Now I am searching on the internet where to go to study microscopy/ microbiology 😊
Best regards from Russia ! May the science bring us all together!

[queenmab]

My grandmother let me use her microscope as a kid... slicing and looking at everything I could find!! I still enjoy it :) Thankyou Hank and James!!!!

[PARlS]

It’s always great to see how channels like this have evolved over time for the better

[zolacnomiko]

What an absolute joy to hear James' lovely voice, telling the story of his love affair with microscopy in his own words. Thank you for all your brilliant work, James, we're so glad you and Hank connected and created this amazingfantasticbrilliant channel.

[RuthBhmand]

Poop is life, just ask a gardener.
But pondwater is even more magic, full of sunlight and photosyntesis and the animals who eat and mate.
I love these videos you people make.
Thank you.

[dia]

James you have changed my life. You’re my hero. I have been watching Journey to the Microcosmos for a while, maybe three years. In all that time I wanted to get a microscope but I didn’t know what to get. My husband got me one for our 16th anniversary and it’s been the greatest gift of my life.
I cannot tell you how many hours our whole family spends together, getting samples, and watching the footage. How hard we research organisms to find out what they are.
I’ve spent the last three weeks trying to identify a prehistoric looking Tardigrade with what looks like tusks. We went hiking during a heatwave to collect samples, seriously. We climbed a waterfall together to find out what diatoms were up there. We explore together. We science together lol thank you so much.
You’ve changed our lives, truly James and Hank. My four year old can tell you all about microbes and where to find them. It’s just amazing.

[dforrest]

This is a wonderful description of the fact that one person’s passion can produce great things. James’ microscopy is really unprecedented in its high quality.

[lisaconklin]

I'm loving this channel. It's fascinating and has me captivated. In college I signed up for microbiology... I got only 3 weeks into classes and had to go on bedrest for the remainder of my pregnancy. I had always planned to go back to college later, but having a special needs child, I chose to stay home to care for him myself. Seeing this channel helps fill my curiosity. Thank you for your awesome videos. ❤

[chillsahoy]

Seeing someone progress and improve their skills is such a wonderful feeling. In the 15+ years I've been a citizen of the internet, I've seen digital artists start from humble beginnings, hone their craft, and develop into amazing masters. When I find established content creators I like, I often go back through their old work to properly appreciate how they've improved over time, and if they've changed anything about their style.

[williansimoes]

I'm majoring in fisheries engineering and have recently discovered this fascinating world. I currently work with rotifers and microalgae, but your channel keeps me excited about the endless research possibilities. Thank you Master James and thank you to everyone who is part of this community.

[Beryllahawk]

This was a wonderful insight into the beginnings of this channel! I for one am deeply grateful for James' love of microscopy and his willingness to share so much of his treasured images with us. This has been a wondrous journey from the very first video, and I feel rather privileged to have been along for the ride so far! Thank you, James!! And thank you, Hank, and all the rest of the Journey team!!!

[michaelarthur]

You guys are my favorite YouTube channel for sure. Such amazing videos and great views and perspectives of the world we live with every day but usually never get to see.

[IanGrams]

I'm so glad to finally get to hear James on here. Truly an unexpected origin story but I'm sure thankful for it. His microscope footage has given me a whole new appreciation for the microcosmos. I had never seen such clear and high resolution videos of microbes before. To be able to make out the rippled texture on a Stentor was something I just didn't even know was possible. So thank you James, and everyone else at JttM for helping me revel in the wonders of the very small.

[VoyageintotheMicro]

You have always been an inspiration James, thank you for sharing your story with the world, I've read your story on Instagram as well and you are such a strong and wonderful person. You deserve all the success and love in the world.

[TomMinnow]

When I was 12, I found out about microscopes. I started saving the $5 i got a week for school lunch and after about half a year of hungry afternoons (unbeknownst to my parents) I got a microscope from the second hand store which had a dozen old highschool microscopes. My parents stopped giving me school lunch money after they found out I wasn't using it for food, but it didn't matter cause I'd already won >:-) First thing I wanted to look at was live blood, but I was too scared to get a sample from myself lol. I instead looked at a dead spider, and was blown away by the tiny mites on its hairs. Bugs on bugs?? Bugs²!!!
My mom later cut her finger on accident and the first thing i did was excitedly exclaim "GIVE ME YOUR BLOOD!!"
I still have my old slides, and I look at all kinds of cool things in the lab I work in :-)

[stevenkarnisky]

I am so impressed with the chaos and beauty of your world, James. All those tiny beings moving around with a purpose only they can understand.

Your work brings a measure of order and understanding out of the chaos. We advance, a little study at a time, one after the other...

[sciencenerd]

This is one of the best channels. Thank you so much to James, Hank, and everyone on the Journey to the Microcosmos team. I first found this channel because I wanted to learn more about gastrotrichs and so I did a search and found that this channel had a great vid about them. That's usually how I find good science channels, by doing a search for something that I am wondering about. I was surprised when I found out that Hank does the narration because he sounds so chill compared to when he did crash course. Thanks again for everything.

[Rubrickety]

It's delightful to hear directly from James. It's hard to believe this channel has been around for so long; in my mind it's still "Hank's new project where he gets to channel his meditative side, and also how does Hank have time for yet another new project?"