Up and Atom

Up and Atom

@upandatom · 860K subscribers · 124 videos · English

A physics grad who just never stopped learning physics. Now I just post what I learn on YouTube. I dabble in math and computer science too.

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17:42

The 100 Year Hunt For Dark Matter Has Found Something…

258K views · 1mo ago · 17:42

Special thanks to Professor Samuel Eriksen and Professor Ciaran O'Hare for fact-checking this video. For a one time donation, head over to my PayPal :) A big thank you to my AMAZING PATRONS! Brian Wilkins, Thorsten Auth, Chris Flynn, Oblio, Luis A.

Topics: 0:35 Big Dark Matter News · 1:53 What is Dark Matter? · 5:31 How The Experiment Works · 6:20 Why it's so deep underground · 7:52 What the result means · 14:04 But was it just a neutron?

38:08

3 Physics Paradoxes That Feel Like a Glitch in Reality

533K views · 1mo ago · 38:08

For a one time donation, head over to my PayPal :) A big thank you to my AMAZING PATRONS! Michael Seydel, Brian Wilkins, Thorsten Auth, Chris Flynn, Luis A. Machado, Richard O McEwen Jr, Scott Ready, Izzy Ca, John H.

Topics: 0:40 Intro · 13:37 Time-Reversibility Paradox · 27:13 Muon Paradox · 38:08 Dark Night Sky Paradox

20:14

Quantum Physics Found a Loophole in an IMPOSSIBLE Math Problem

412K views · 3mo ago · 20:14

Watch 17 Pages Watch my exclusive documentary Is Math Invented or Discovered? Thank you to Grzegorz Rajchel-Mieldzio ́c, Adam Burchardt and Suhail Ahmad Rather for their consultation on this video. Thirty-six entangled officers of Euler: Quantum solution to a classically impossible problem

Topics: 1:05 Intro · 1:59 Euler's Officer Problem · 2:25 Latin Squares · 3:29 Graeco-Latin Squares · 5:20 Euler's Conjecture · 6:54 Quantum Basics

📄 Mentioned papers: arXiv 2104.05122

29:44

Can You Guess How This Math Sequence Ends?

239K views · 4mo ago · 29:44

Watch my exclusive documentary Is Math Invented or Discovered? Watch 17 Pages For a one time donation, head over to my PayPal :) A big thank you to my AMAZING PATRONS! Michael Seydel, Brian Wilkins, Thorsten Auth, Chris Flynn, Richard O McEwen Jr, Scott Ready, Izzy Ca, John H.

Topics: 2:18 Intro · 9:22 Goodstein's Theorem · 18:34 Infinite Ordinals · 23:39 The Ordinal Shadow · Cantor's Vindication

24:03

These 17 Paradoxes Will Change How You See the Universe

1M views · 1y ago · 24:03

For a one time donation, head over to my PayPal :) 1. The Pole in the Barn Paradox 2. Aristotle's Wheel Paradox 3. Braess's Paradox 4. Moravec's Paradox 5. Gabriel's Horn 6. The Raven Paradox 7. Olber's Paradox 8. The Muon Paradox 9. Zeno's Dichotomy 10. Cavalieri's Widthless Lines 11. Zeno's Nerf Gun 12. Russell's Paradox 13. Berry's Paradox 14. Galileo's Paradox 15. The Ross-Littlewood Paradox 16. The Dome Paradox 17. The Time Reversibility Paradox

Topics: 1:36 The pole in the barn paradox · 2:22 Aristotle's Wheel paradox · 5:02 Braess's paradox · 6:05 Moravec's paradox · 6:37 Gabriel's Horn · 7:36 The raven paradox

▶️ Mentioned videos: 1. The Pole in the Barn Paradox · 2. Aristotle's Wheel Paradox · 3. Braess's Paradox · 4. Moravec's Paradox

29:10

The Infinity Problem that BROKE Mathematics (The Continuum Hypothesis)

344K views · 1y ago · 29:10

Watch Is Math Invented or Discovered? Watch Becoming Human Watch The Raising of the Titanic Special thanks to Elliot Glazer, Thomas Gilton, Joel David Hamkins, Timothy Chow and Hugh Woodin for their consultation on this video.

Topics: 1:03 Intro · 7:04 The Continuum Hypothesis · 10:52 The Crisis in Mathematics · 15:44 It can't be DISPROVEN · 21:26 It can't be PROVEN · The Continuum Hypothesis is Independent of Math

19:54

It took 20 years, but we finally found it

905K views · 1y ago · 19:54

Special thanks to Chuankun Zhang, Tian Ooi, Jacob S. Higgins, and Jack F. Doyle from Prof. Jun Ye's lab at JILA/NIST/University of Colorado, as well as Prof. Victor Flambaum from UNSW's Department of Theoretical Physics, for their valuable assistance and consultation on this video.

Topics: 1:21 A breakthrough in physics · 2:38 What are fundamental constants? · 10:16 The constants might not be constant · 15:10 What is an atomic clock? · The nuclear clock

📄 Mentioned papers: Main paper on nuclear clock · Main paper on nuclear clock: (arxiv version · 2nd Th-229 laser experiment · Fine structure constant nuclear sensitivity

📰 Mentioned news: Article on quantamagazine.org · Article on quantamagazine.org

20:19

Amateurs Just Solved a 30-Year-Old Math Problem

346K views · 1y ago · 20:19

Videos mentioned Turing Machines The Halting Problem Quanta Article For a one time donation, head over to my PayPal :) A big thank you to my AMAZING PATRONS! Raz Tirosh, Michael Seydel, Brian Wilkins, Thorsten Auth, Chris Flynn, Izzy Ca, Tate Lyles, Richard O McEwen Jr, Fabio Manzini, Scott Ready, John H.

Topics: 1:21 Intro · 5:41 The busy beaver game · 7:57 The Goldbach Conjecture · 9:25 Why finding busy beavers is hard · 10:50 BB(3) · 11:44 BB(4)

▶️ Mentioned videos: Turing Machines · The Halting Problem

📰 Mentioned news: Article on quantamagazine.org

22:59

The Dome Paradox: A Loophole in Newton's Laws

2.3M views · 1y ago · 22:59

Thank you to John Norton, Brett Park, Samuel Fletcher and Guido Bacciagaluppi for your guidance and consultation with this video. For a one time donation, head over to my PayPal :) A big thank you to my AMAZING PATRONS! Raz Tirosh, Michael Seydel, Thorsten Auth, Chris Flynn, Izzy Ca, Tate Lyles, Richard O McEwen Jr, Fabio Manzini, Scott Ready, John H.

Topics: 2:41 Norton's Dome · 4:33 Why should we care? · 5:15 Hand-wavey explanation · 6:41 Newtonian Determinism · 7:14 Uniqueness Theorem · 8:37 Multiple solutions

18:45

Something weird happens at 770°C

1M views · 1y ago · 18:45

For a one time donation, head over to my PayPal :) A big thank you to my AMAZING PATRONS! Raz Tirosh, Michael Seydel, Thorsten Auth, Chris Flynn, Izzy Ca, Tate Lyles, Richard O McEwen Jr, Fabio Manzini, Scott Ready, John H.

Topics: 1:11 Intro · 2:52 Phase transitions · 3:46 Ising Model · 4:35 Minimising energy · 5:11 Maximising entropy · 6:06 Energy vs Entropy

32:58

Maxwell's Equations - The Ultimate Beginner's Guide

486K views · 2y ago · 32:58

Guest: Maxwell's Equations

Source A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations - Daniel Fleisch Thank you to Lucas Johnson, Anthony Mercuri and David Smith for reviewing this video. For a one time donation, head over to my PayPal :) A big thank you to my AMAZING PATRONS! Raz Tirosh, Michael Seydel, Thorsten Auth, Chris Flynn, Izzy Ca, Tate Lyles, Richard O McEwen Jr, Fabio Manzini, Scott Ready, John H.

Topics: 1:21 Intro to Maxwell's Equations · 14:49 The 1st Law · 19:17 The 2nd Law · 27:31 The 3rd Law · The 4th Law

18:39

The Bizarre Shape Of The Universe

535K views · 2y ago · 18:39

Thank you to David Brown for his consultation on this video. For a one time donation, head over to my PayPal :) A big thank you to my AMAZING PATRONS! Michael Seydel, Thorsten Auth, Chris Flynn, Izzy Ca, Tate Lyles, Richard O McEwen Jr, Scott Ready, John H.

Topics: 1:09 what is the shape of the universe? · 3:16 what is topology? · 3:47 topology vs geometry · 5:47 the local geometry of the universe · 8:46 the global geometry of the universe · 10:22 topologies with flat geometry

📰 Mentioned news: Article on quantamagazine.org

16:20

The REAL Three Body Problem in Physics

905K views · 2y ago · 16:20

Thank you to Dr. Shane Ross for all of your help and consultation with this video. It wouldn't have been possible without you. For a one time donation, head over to my PayPal :) A big thank you to my AMAZING PATRONS! Michael Seydel, Thorsten Auth, Chris Flynn, Izzy Ca, Tate Lyles, Richard O McEwen Jr, Scott Ready, John H.

Topics: 1:02 What is The Three Body Problem? · 5:41 Newton's Dilemma · 7:00 A worthy contestant · 8:22 Fixed Points · 9:39 Saddle Points · 11:07 Chaos is deterministic, but unpredictable

▶️ Mentioned videos: Video on youtube.com

11:58

You Won’t Believe How These Shapes Roll! New Discovery in Math

247K views · 2y ago · 11:58

Trajectoids Nature Article Make your own trajectoid Images and Footage courtesy of Shamini Bundell and Yaroslav Sobolev. For a one time donation, head over to my PayPal :) A big thank you to my AMAZING PATRONS! Jonathan Koppelman, Michael Seydel, Cy 'kkm' K'Nelson, Thorsten Auth, Chris Flynn, Tim Barnard, Izzy Ca, Tate Lyles, Richard O McEwen Jr, Scott Ready, John H.

Topics: 0:47 What's a trajectoid? · 1:42 The basic idea · 8:54 Cool math · 10:40 Trajectoid Show-n-Tell · 11:57 Applications of trajectoids

📄 Mentioned papers: Trajectoids Nature Article

17:16

The Mathematically Correct Way to Cut a Cake

393K views · 2y ago · 17:16

Click my trainwell (formerly CoPilot) link to get 14 days FREE with your own personal trainer! The Cake Cutting Solution For a one time donation, head over to my PayPal :) A big thank you to my AMAZING PATRONS! Jonathan Koppelman, Michael Seydel, Cy 'kkm' K'Nelson, Thorsten Auth, Chris Flynn, Tim Barnard, Izzy Ca, Tate Lyles, Richard O McEwen Jr, Scott Ready, John H.

Topics: 1:42 The Cake Cutting Problem · 3:22 Cut and Choose · 7:29 Last Diminisher · 10:03 Selfridge-Conway Protocol · 11:51 Why the cake cutting problem is hard · 16:28 Aziz-Mackenzie Protocol

29:05

World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Reactor!

198K views · 2y ago · 29:05

Watch my exclusive video on whether math is invented or discovered Watch Grady’s video about the civil engineering at ITER For a one time donation, head over to my PayPal :) A big thank you to my AMAZING PATRONS! Jonathan Koppelman, Michael Seydel, Cy 'kkm' K'Nelson, Thorsten Auth, Chris Flynn, Tim Barnard, Izzy Ca, Tate Lyles, Richard O McEwen Jr, Scott Ready, John H.

Topics: 1:06 Intro · 4:20 Why we care about nuclear fusion · 7:53 Welcome to ITER! · 9:40 Meet our tour guide Richard · 10:49 How nuclear fusion works · 12:06 The ITER tokamak

▶️ Mentioned videos: Watch Grady’s video about the civil engineering ITER

16:43

Can you decode this ALIEN MESSAGE?

289K views · 3y ago · 16:43

Recommended course: The Science of Effective Learning by Santiago Acosta For a one time donation, head over to my PayPal :) A big thank you to my AMAZING PATRONS! Jonathan Koppelman, Michael Seydel, Cy 'kkm' K'Nelson, Thorsten Auth, Chris Flynn, Tim Barnard, Izzy Ca, Tate Lyles, Richard O McEwen Jr, Scott Ready, John H.

Topics: 0:53 Receiving the alien message · 3:15 Interpreting the radio signal · 5:00 Mysterious white squares · 5:43 Mysterious purple blob · 7:27 Mysterious green clusters · 7:36 Mysterious blue twirlies

17:59

How a Hobbyist Solved a 50-Year-Old Math Problem (Einstein Tile)

1.1M views · 3y ago · 17:59

For a one time donation, head over to my PayPal :) Veritasium's video on Penrose tiles A big thank you to my AMAZING PATRONS! Jonathan Koppelman, Michael Seydel, Cy 'kkm' K'Nelson, Thorsten Auth, Chris Flynn, Tim Barnard, Izzy Ca, Tate Lyles, Millennial Glacier, Richard O McEwen Jr, Scott Ready, John H.

Topics: 0:49 Introducing a NEW SHAPE · 2:20 Never repeating pattern · 3:16 The 50 year old mystery · 5:03 An amazing discovery · 10:10 How do we know it never repeats? · 11:40 Infinitely many ein stein tiles!

▶️ Mentioned videos: Veritasium's video on Penrose tiles

📄 Mentioned papers: arXiv 2303.10798 · arXiv 2305.17743

17:33

You Can't Measure Time

475K views · 3y ago · 17:33

For a one time donation, head over to my PayPal :) A big thank you to my AMAZING PATRONS! Jonathan Koppelman, Michael Seydel, Cy 'kkm' K'Nelson, Thorsten Auth, Chris Flynn, Tim Barnard, Izzy Ca, Millennial Glacier, Richard O McEwen Jr, Scott Ready, John H.

Topics: 1:39 Very normal ball drop · 2:49 Rational numbers · 3:50 - Irrational numbers · 4:50 - The real number line · 7:07 - Countable infinity · 8:33 - Uncountable infinity

20:24

The Impossible Problem NO ONE Can Solve (The Halting Problem)

397K views · 3y ago · 20:24

Recommended shows Is Math Invented or Discovered? Becoming Human What is Code? For a one time donation, head over to my PayPal :) Sources The Nature of Computation - Cristopher Moore A big thank you to my AMAZING PATRONS! Jonathan Koppelman, Michael Seydel, Cy 'kkm' K'Nelson, Thorsten Auth, Chris Flynn, Tim Barnard, Izzy Ca, Millennial Glacier, Richard O McEwen Jr, Scott Ready, John H.

Topics: A double edged sword · Universality · How do we know there are problems computers will never solve? · Hilbert's Program · Decidability · Turing hears of the Entscheidungsproblem (uh-oh)

📰 Mentioned news: Article on matjaz.substack.com

12:53

What's The Largest Sofa That Can Fit Around a Corner?

800K views · 3y ago · 12:53

Recommended course: Advanced Geometry Puzzles Mathematica Notebook and animations can be found at the bottom of Dan Romik's page And more here by Simon Mackenzie For a one time donation, head over to my PayPal :) A big thank you to my AMAZING PATRONS! Jonathan Koppelman, Michael Seydel, Cy 'kkm' K'Nelson, Thorsten Auth, Chris Flynn, Tim Barnard, AndrewA, Izzy Ca, Millennial Glacier, Richard O McEwen Jr, Scott Ready, John H.

Topics: The Moving Sofa Problem · Hammersley's sofa · Gerver's Sofa · Why is it so hard? · How Gerver came up with his sofa · Will you find a bigger sofa?

33:03

NP-COMPLETENESS, a conceptual understanding

516K views · 3y ago · 33:03

Watch my exclusive video on the SAT to clique reduction For a one time donation, head over to my PayPal :) Videos Mentioned Turing Machines Deep dives into the Cook-Levin Theorem Sources and Further Reading The complexity of theorem proving procedures - Stephen Cook Universal search problems - Leonid Levin Reducibility Among Combinatorial Problems - Richard Karp The Nature of Computation - Christopher Moore

▶️ Mentioned videos: Turing Machines · P vs NP · Video on youtube.com · Video on youtube.com

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