a nuclear physics primer

You know nuclear becuase of the nucleus.

[Oahkoah]

Uploaded with perfect timing to watch in the bath (alkaline bathwater with lemon)

[ruileite]

"I have not seen the Barbie movie yet so i don't know how much the average person knows of this very famous german physicist." Now that is a joke that will be indecipherable in a few years. 😅

[birkett]

I've heard that if you try to chop up a proton it takes so much energy that you end up with two protons. It would be kinda cool if donuts worked this way.

[hollowjoker]

I think that will be my quote when dealing with silly questions. "We live in a society no one wants half a donut".

[lolmanthecat]

"but we live in a society. Nobody wants half a donut. Do you want to be on the wrong side of history?" I died.

[coffeeisdelicious]

"I suck at youtube like it's my job to suck at youtube." Gurl pls, you are the only youtuber I can think of who can hold peoples' attention with just you, the topic, and your explanations alone. No clever editing to splice in tons of different footage, no music, just you.

You are fantastic. Keep it up 👏👏👏

[jordanayling]

That subtle pause and look to the camera after you said "E=mc²" was priceless.

[alexanderwolf-reber]

I made my PhD at the GSI lab in Germany. Along the hall of the linear accelerator they had all those chemistry labs. Which where used as store rooms in the 90s. When the lab was founded back in the 70s there were predictions about this island of stability that let them believe they could create gramms of this stuff and it would live long enough to do chemistry. Turned out both the predicted cross sections and half lifes were off by a few orders of magnitue. However GSI found many of the z>100 elements over the years, but no chemists ever got their hands on them.

[charlesparr]

Every time I watch one of your videos, I become a bigger fan. I have no mathematical literacy, so I will never truly understand any of these things, but unlike most people, I am AWARE of my ignorance. I think that is why I enjoy your videos so much. You make its patently obvious that this is the dumbed down version for non scientists, but you manage to make it friendly, sympathetic for our inability, and generous with your time and effort to help us understand why this stuff is important, why it's interesting, and perhaps most importantly you make it clear that what is holding us back is not stupidity, but a lack of the tools and previous education.

This makes you both entertaining for an old tradesman like me, but also potentially inspiring for those who might be considering educational choices in their futures.

You have a gift that few have, the ability to advocate for reason and rationality, the knack for making it fun, and the opportunity to make an impact. More importantly, you recognized all this and you actually did it. This is literally making a difference, literally changing the world one video at a time.

Thank you, and please never stop, because even though a lot of us don't deserve it, we need you and those like you to pull us out of these times and into the future.

[thylacoleonkennedy]

3:39 I feel like this would be the start to a George-centred Seinfeld episode. "They didin't bring enough donuts so they _cut_ them? What is this, the stone age?! Just buy another! It's inhuman. It cracks the frosting, it makes the dough all mushy. Disgusting I tell you"

[NickC]

Love your content, It's refreshing to have someone explain thing with all the "Real world" messiness and not hand wave away things to make it more simple.

But I'll be honest. I'm equally here for the off topic rants and strong feelings towards minor things.

Next office gathering with donuts I'm cutting mine into small pieces before I eat it, Just to watch the uncomfortable stares from everyone.

[WilliamWallace]

"The Schrodinger equation is all fun and games when it's the harmonic oscillator" really should be on merch.

[draelyc]

You had me at "We live in a society." I *love* your informative & accessible content, but I subscribed for your style & perspective. :)

[jkmott]

I cannot imagine how much easier physics would have been when I was in school if I’d had access to stuff like this channel or 3brown1blue, just crystal clear conversational discussions that help you see the map of things . They don’t replace working out problems, because that’s where the muscles are built, but they at least frame things in a way where you know where you’re going

[TheGoodMorty]

"Atomic Aliens, Bundled Baryons, Continuous Cakes, and Discrete Donuts" is what the title should have been

[starvalkyrie]

Discrete counting explained with baked snacks, plus a cameo from glass is everything. We're off to a good start.

[jasonadams]

I think you've found the weird island of stability for YouTube. Like sure your videos aren't polished but they're just so good.

[Eisog]

I have watched like 5 or 6 of your videos now and every time I look at the video length and I'm like "no way I end up watching this whole thing" and then I do.
So thank you, I love your videos and I'm probably gonna go watch all of them now

[JDBlunderbuss]

As a new fan of your videos and a complete layman when it comes to nuclear physics, this is just the kind of video I love to see

[owangejewice]

Incarnacion: "Those clothes look expensive."

Nacho: "Yes, but beneath the clothes, we find a man. And beneath the man, we find his...nucleus."