This video is a an excellent example of how passion is infectious. He has a passion for chemistry and it showed, it drew me in and held me with rapt attention for 1 hour 22 minutes. The Royal Institution has a great knack of finding these kind of people and giving them a platform.
He taught me Chemistry at school and he was a great teacher. He would play his violin during lessons sometimes. This was back in the day when over-powered and under-designed pyrotechnics were acceptable and he would delight us with explosions, sometimes calmly taking while the thing was brewing and enjoying watching us jump out or our skins when the thing went off. He always had our rapt attention, which is the sign of a brilliant teacher.
He didn't want the clapping because this was being taped for television. Clapping takes a lot of time and thus must be edited out. When your trying to tape a 90 minutes special, you must allow for intro and outro, credits and possibly commercials unless it's sponsored like it would be in America for PBS. I took broadcast journalism in college for 1 semester. Learned a lot.
@DeeJay1210 He didn't have any complaints about the massive applause he got at the end though. And his demonstration style very much shows that he is very experienced as a performer. I have a strong feeling that the whole "I'm not here for applause" was part of the performance, for whatever reason. Whenever someone is speaking to an audience, you shouldn't implicitly believe everything they say is the whole truth, or even true at all. - Wayne Gretzky - Michael Scott
@DeeJay1210 It's a performance, he can give a reason that immediately appeals and makes sense to children. Nobody has wacky conspiracies. Nothing you said was technically wrong, but you're missing the point, specifically other peoples.
@DeeJay1210 He doesn`t want them to clap because the clapping takes time out of the allotted time slot. What he said was not indicative of this, yet both reasons hold truth. You are using one of the truths as a counter argument to the other when they`re not mutually exclusive. That`s my point`
Yes, but he's lucky to have an inherently interesting subject. How would he do if he had to explain spreadsheets or setting tabs on a word processor page?
It’s guys like this who create things like atomic bombs just because it excites them , this guy is way too into fire 🔥 destructive humans 👽 lets get a load of kids in a room and play with fire 🔥 wtf? 😂🤣
If you are a boring teacher, you are NOT a teacher. This is what it takes to educate kids properly. They will remember everything and will have a zeal for chemistry. Thank you Ri.
They will remember a set of spectacular experiments and that's it. After some time they'll forget what substances were part of it and they'll just remember that sometimes when you mix stuff it changes colour or if you light it up it goes "pop". To know why, to create new experiments, to deeply understand what's going on you need to sit down and read a (more or less) boring book and do some (more or less) boring exercises and failed practice runs. Yes, it's awesome to see something spectacular once in awhile and it gives you and idea of what you're going towards, but you can't say that every lesson should look like that. I think the trick is to make the "more or less boring" stuff less boring. Great educators, like Feynman, are able to do this. But it's not always boom crack whoosh. Most of the time it's just equations.
Yes, but it's very hard to do it 8 - 10 hours a day for below average wage in front of a crowded class of children where majority either does not care or sabotages your effort. Of course this guy is great, but not every teacher is blessed to work in good conditions. Let's try to be fair, please.
humble?, it make me feel uncomfortable by denying a natural applause for a presentation, and being entertained not because people actually believed is magical,
@@albertroswell I understand the guy's sentiment, but after the 2nd or 3rd time, I skipped ahead everytime the audience started clapping because it was so uncomfortable hearing him.
@@albertroswell It's because its basic chemistry, if you were highly knowledgeable in a particular subject, chances are, you wouldn't seek gratification from something so simple. It's like if you're an electrical engineer, the applause wouldn't feel deserved if you just made sparks and everyone was amazed by it.
The change of tone in his voice when the lid pops off the can is priceless. After years and years of doing this his inner child is still there to appreciate every little moment!
At the beginning of the movie: "there's no WAY I'm watching a chemistry video that's an hour and 22 minutes long" An hour and 22 minutes of not blinking later: "sonofabitch, that was awesome"
My ears have never had to work so hard. And I'm 46. It's like watching a magic show whilst being shot with a verbal machine gun. I hope that crowd of fidgeting 10 year olds are taking notes. You can't help but admire his passion though...and the fact it was all done on one exhale.
"machine gun" is perfect. I tried to measure him and he's not below a monster average of 150 words per minute. The video is 1h 22 min, which makes 12k+ words in total.
Imagine the invaluable advancements he can contribute to the art of chemistry (Prior accomplishments hath already been validated organized and accounted for )
@@menest1442 It really is. Back when i was in middle school i had a teacher that was really passionate in teaching science and she *made* me learned it even though im not really interested. And now im trying to learn more about the world of chemistry. But nowadays the teacher in my class just doesn't really care about the subject nor their students. ps: sorry for bad english
@@wayneyadams actually he did explain quite a lot of chemistry behind all of this, but you might have missed it if you didn't pay attention. Also, besides having the knowledge, it's extremely important - as a teacher - to know how to convey this knowledge in a way that engages the students and keeps them focused, which this guy totally does. Not every man who is knowledgeable is a good teacher precisely for lacking this skill, but this man totally nails it
I can't believe myself...i actually listen to him from beginning to the end no skip and understand all his presentation...while i barely stay awake for 5min in my chem class
I was in an all too common UA-cam Rabbit Hole when I came across this video. Honestly, I don't even know why I started watching but BOY am I glad I did. I was immediately taken back to my days in primary school science class. This video is highly entertaining.
Really? My primary school science lessons consisted of putting eggs in fizzy pop and recording how long it takes for ketchup and toothpaste to slide down a whiteboard.
It's professors like him and demonstrations like this that were presented to myself while young in elementary school that interested me enough to go to college to achieve a chemistry degree!! Thank you too all professors and teachers that spend their time giving these minor lectures and entertaining demonstrations to the kids of the world, allowing them to gain a special new interest in sciences, physics and chemistry. I wonder how many kids he's got interested in chemistry and physics to pursue college degrees over the years of doing these demonstrations.
There are some young children in the audience. I love the way he simply does not talk down to them and uses proper, grown-up language. The two children at the front look spell-bound. I'd love to know what they made of this lecture.
Never saw such an orator, presenter, performer, magician, professor, scientist and a lovable person. Love you sir for amusing the whole mass scientifically. Hats off to this extraordinary gentleman.
@@deadmanperipherals dude! great comment about hiding behind the keyboard. Idk, the fact that you are self-aware makes me think that maybe you are done hiding behind it )
+John Naranjo humble or not that's an other thing but the reason why he say no to applause in middle of his lecture it's because he is a scientist not a clown (like in a circus) but after he finish he will accept it
Oni Akuma no I never say that, it just he is a scientist who want to transmettre his knowldge to the next generation not a man who wait for applause for every experiment he do if he want that he will go to some show theatre not in the middle of an universty
+Khalid Ikan The audience clapped because they were engaged and was impressed with the demonstration. Accepting an applause doesn't make you any less humble or less of a scientist. It's probably just his personality.
No one will ask me to remember anything he said, that is why. They might ask me why i stayed up until 4 in the night watching, and my only explanation is that the lecture is 82 minutes long. 82 minutes, that is a long time for a lecture.
I remember similar lectures at the University of Ottawa Christmas series (available to the public) over 40 years ago. I'd enjoy them as a kid (4-8 yrs old). Yes, I understood at that age. Chemistry, mineralogy have been my "fun" for years, tho, I've shifted to video games. Our youth needs to get back into the sciences.,
So glad my insomnia made me stumble on this! What a fascinating man. "And I'm going to set fire to it..." How he's survived so long is a miracle. Love him!
At the beginning of the movie: "there's no WAY I'm watching a chemistry video that's an hour and 22 minutes long" An hour and 22 minutes of not blinking later: "sonofabitch, that was awesome"
Who is in here watching in 2020. I have too much time on hand due to covid19 and surfing youtube everyday out of boredom staying at home. Why did I not find this years ago. I would have changed my major and took science instead. I used to find science boring, having someone like me to be able to watch the video from finish to end sums up this video in 1 word. BRILLIANT!
if only i can turn back time... i've just realized for a while now how much i wanted to study chemistry... and this vid just made me want it more. i've just graduated college just for the sake of finishing it, but once i save up in a few years i'll study it i swore to myself.
I majored in Chemistry and hated it - due to my lecturers stressing on research and PhDs, rather than applications and how one can contribute to humanity. What my lecturers did was concentrate on how to get accolades for yourself - and in the process, boost their fame
You comment makes me scroll back up to see was this uploaded, "2014". Been 6 years now, well better late than never they say ;) Also those teachers pushing you for the degrees, that's what capitalism doing.
I’d say the entire world got great worth out of the money his parents spent on that chemistry set. Also, kudos to the snake oil salesman for sparking his initial interest as well. Just a brilliant, interesting man.
What a great lecturer and entertainer! He truly recreates the atmosphere of the non-stop patter of the snake-oil salesman he introduces at the beginning of the lecture, but instead of just baffle-gab, he reveals all the principles behind the science of chemistry and physics. Wonderful!
No it isn't. Very little content, all fluff. No teacher in their right mind would jump from demo to demo to demo, from thermochem to gas laws to this and that.
hes a self made chemist xD and with the 1st trick he used gun powder to tell you that cough syrup and asprin will burst into flames in your stomack if you drink water :'D
The passion (for what he does in life) in his face and body language is something you see very rarely. It's like a child discovering the world for the first time everyday. It honestly brings a tear to my eyes seeing the love of education and science; plus our future as a species. Thank you for the video.
passion is easy when you don't have think what food you'll have to eat for dinner tomorrow. Most scientists, teachers and people who live from pension starve like in some pour African country.
He is the type of teacher that got me into a career in chemistry. Hopefully a few attendees will follow a career in chemistry because of his demonstration.
The way he is almost screaming at the audience when they start applause is just priceless. What a kind and humble man, sharing the world his knowledge and not carrying about applause 👏
To me, it's the most amazing thing. He firmly refuses to take any credit for impressive stuff he's showing, stressing that he is merely demonstrating basic principles in nature discovered by great people before us. This humble attitude of respect is perhaps the most important point of his lecture, that can make any man a better person.
I've been to this place before as a young child with my family. I loved it so much. I'm 15 now (I know not too old) and I'm still never tired of these shows.
One of the most inspirational men on the world. His performance is exceptional. Only if each country had one teacher like this, this world would have been a better place. The most amazing thing is how the children love that show! Τhe little girl, pink trousers, front line must be having the best day of her life, how adorable.
I had a professor like this in college and for the first time in my life during school I was engaged. I was always kinda smart like I would understand what my teachers were talking about and i would do well on tests but I just went through the motions. It took one man to bring out a passion in me and now I’m a chemical engineer for a fortune 200 company. All it takes is one person to come into our lives and reshape everything. Teachers should be here to inspire, not just get us by. This guy is absolutely brilliant
I had professors that handed us a book and told us to read and professors that lectured at a blackboard with labs. I never learned as well with the books, especially in the beginning. Watching my children's teachers hand them a book and sit down to read a newspaper or pull out their cell phone was disappointing. I knew that their education had to be fortified with home lessons. School became an exercise in doing what they had to do to pass, right or wrong and home became where they learned things. All teachers need to be more like this guy.
Too bad I didn’t have such a chemistry teacher when I took my chemistry classes as I am sure my interest in this subject matter would have been very different. Thanks for sharing such great presentation.
As a chemist in training, I can only say I'm glad that chemistry has gotten more spotlight these last few years. It's a VERY important science, as civilization wouldn't be possible without the knowledge of how to use chemical reactions to produce energy, materials, goods or medicine.
I’m a freshman in high school and plan on taking honors and AP chemistry later in my high school career due to the fact of me wanting to be a chemist. I’ve always wanted to be one since I was younger, after getting a taste, my interest has always been peaked. Also taking calculus and AP calculus cause chemistry involves a LOT of math
I stumbled upon a video of Andrew Szydlo a few days ago in an effort to psych myself up for my college chemistry class. He makes the topic interesting and fun. I half want to buy myself a lab coat and a few experiments to try. I will definitely be sharing his videos with my children. I am genuinely surprised that he isn't more well known.
@@danielbartlett122219 yeah the guy wasnt there for cheap claps like a circus performer lol he was teaching and yeah they didnt listen one bit when he said please dont clap
@AntiSocial Atheist what's more sad is "liberal" _prpfessors_ invading colleges/universities with their dogmatic ideologies that can be far worse than any "religion", but I didn't see anything regarding that part of the political ideology on your reply.
Me too! I kept asking myself if it was part of it hahah
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This man may never push the envelope of science forward by himself, but he will definitely push others to be the envelope. A brilliant mind and well done. The applause at the end was deserved but during his experiments there was no need to applaud what we already know. He's just the humble messeger. GREAT lecture and lab. Kudos.
quite the opposite hes written many papers on various subjects which have won much praise and respect from the scientific community and is verry well known for his studdies of oxygen theres probably a nobel prize not far off
@@Sarge92 Not to detract anything from this wonderfully passionate lecturer, but I don't think you understand what is required in terms of novelty and impact of research to win a Nobel prize.
@John Online I was going to say the same thing. And he doesn't begin every sentence with the conjunction 'So'. People of that generation really knew how to speak.
A textbook example of why having a passionate, informed & extremely enthusiastic professor teaching you ANYTHING can have a huge impact on wether students simply regurgitate/memorize what they are taught or if they truly learn & take the information to heart.
I saw one of his lectures on youtube where he went on for 2 hours and the pace was much faster. I kind of expected it here too, than thought "Oh, just a normal lecture." :D
We know how, but not why. We just got good at explaining the physical laws of matter. It's magic redefined. It's alchemy. Transmutation. A legitimate part of modern science. We still don't understand it.
@@ronhempfield5043 I disagree to am extent. Alchemy's biggest goal was to turn lead into gold. And even though radioactive decay makes it possible, it isn't possible in the way alchemists thought. This is why alchemy lead to chemistry. Same study as you said but the methods and data analysis is different
An hour of my life that I did masterfully invest in to that which is resident in the pantheon of all of that which is worthwhile There I fixed it for you
That was wonderful Dr Szydlo. Thank you. I just wish that we children of 30, 40, 50+ years ago had been taught in the same manner. Chemistry, science and mathematics are not boring or particularly hard to learn of what is already known. There's been a fatal error in delivery of information within our education systems. You Sir are doing a great service in remedying that. The universal human attraction to fire is a great way to engage your audience.
Dustin Nunyo As a chemist I'm thinking: "Why does he put his tea and his water on the bench?" That just bothered me the most. You do not bring your food/drinks into a lab. Even worse in a demonstration for children.
darkfexthefirst true, true, but I didn't see anything particularly deadly to ingest (as far as I am aware) at least not in small quantities (i.e. particles of gunpowder flying off the table and into his drink) in this demonstration however it is probably a good practice to get into.
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I FINISHED THE VIDEO AND I LEARNED SO MUCH 🥺🥺 I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. I HOPE I CAN MEET HIM. HE WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED IN MY LIFE HE "IGNITED" MY PASSION FOR CHEMISTRY
this dude is showing the core of being a scientist... commitment till high age with curiosity and being able to explain with understandable words. lovely!
+The Royal Institution Hahaha amazing, you have a great sense of humor and spread science among us mortals, you must have a defect you cannot be so perfect. Keep the spirit of Faraday alive with those great talks.
I absolutely love this teacher: a total inspiration! The depth & breadth of his applied chemistry & scientific history knowledge, as well as his presentation skills, are truly amazing. & I love that he defines science as actual understanding & note mere memorization of facts!
What a professional and modest this man is. He even speaks out the names of scientists correctly. He mentioned about two polish chemists and their names are very difficult for english people to pronounce well. He did this perfectly. It does prove care of detalis. This was the great lecture.
Sees length of video: "As long as a movie? This'll be tedious and boring; I'll probably skip through most of it." Watches the video: "I stand corrected." (I _do_ clap everytime I drive.)
"It's difficult to explain and I don't really understand it myself."
How endearing is this teacher.
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He’s prepping the young kids to figure it out. You know , leaving a little mystery to discover for themselves.
@@chemomancer so you are telling me that he doesn't have a formal education?
I knew about that and chemistry wasn't my strong suit.
@@chemomancer He is a demonstrator of science phenomenon, not a scientist as such. Plenty of mistakes here made by this "expert"
@@emanuelmifsud6754 he has a PhD… pretty sure he is an expert.
This video is a an excellent example of how passion is infectious. He has a passion for chemistry and it showed, it drew me in and held me with rapt attention for 1 hour 22 minutes. The Royal Institution has a great knack of finding these kind of people and giving them a platform.
Oh! Wait! This took more than an hour!? Just realized that.
i too totally lost track of time
"Do you clap every time you drive a car?"
That got me. He's an amazing orator and an even better presenter.
He taught me Chemistry at school and he was a great teacher. He would play his violin during lessons sometimes. This was back in the day when over-powered and under-designed pyrotechnics were acceptable and he would delight us with explosions, sometimes calmly taking while the thing was brewing and enjoying watching us jump out or our skins when the thing went off. He always had our rapt attention, which is the sign of a brilliant teacher.
Just out of curiosity, did you become a chemist? :D
He definitely didn’t like the clapping as made him feel like a performer , mark of a Great man .
He didn't want the clapping because this was being taped for television. Clapping takes a lot of time and thus must be edited out. When your trying to tape a 90 minutes special, you must allow for intro and outro, credits and possibly commercials unless it's sponsored like it would be in America for PBS. I took broadcast journalism in college for 1 semester. Learned a lot.
@DeeJay1210 He didn't have any complaints about the massive applause he got at the end though. And his demonstration style very much shows that he is very experienced as a performer. I have a strong feeling that the whole "I'm not here for applause" was part of the performance, for whatever reason. Whenever someone is speaking to an audience, you shouldn't implicitly believe everything they say is the whole truth, or even true at all.
- Wayne Gretzky
- Michael Scott
@DeeJay1210 It's a performance, he can give a reason that immediately appeals and makes sense to children. Nobody has wacky conspiracies. Nothing you said was technically wrong, but you're missing the point, specifically other peoples.
@DeeJay1210 Also it bugs me that you use ` and not ' like it`s when it should be it's. Unless that's just your thing or something. U do U ig lol
@DeeJay1210 He doesn`t want them to clap because the clapping takes time out of the allotted time slot. What he said was not indicative of this, yet both reasons hold truth. You are using one of the truths as a counter argument to the other when they`re not mutually exclusive. That`s my point`
This man gets my "passion for chemistry" award. Amazingly educational, funny and just brilliant all the way from start to finish.
And yet he wears his microphone backwards.
Just goes to show that even the most brilliant minds need help.
Yes, but he's lucky to have an inherently interesting subject. How would he do if he had to explain spreadsheets or setting tabs on a word processor page?
@@HO-bndk Spreadsheets? Have you heard of Matt Parker? Festival of the Spoken Nerd? Comedy routines *about* Spreadsheets!!! 😮 Look it up!!!🤔🙄😊
It’s guys like this who create things like atomic bombs just because it excites them , this guy is way too into fire 🔥 destructive humans 👽 lets get a load of kids in a room and play with fire 🔥 wtf? 😂🤣
If you are a boring teacher, you are NOT a teacher.
This is what it takes to educate kids properly.
They will remember everything and will have a zeal for chemistry.
Thank you Ri.
Thank you finally someone who gets it. I'm so tired o hearing teachers say "we're teachers we're here to teach not to entertain".
They will remember a set of spectacular experiments and that's it. After some time they'll forget what substances were part of it and they'll just remember that sometimes when you mix stuff it changes colour or if you light it up it goes "pop". To know why, to create new experiments, to deeply understand what's going on you need to sit down and read a (more or less) boring book and do some (more or less) boring exercises and failed practice runs. Yes, it's awesome to see something spectacular once in awhile and it gives you and idea of what you're going towards, but you can't say that every lesson should look like that. I think the trick is to make the "more or less boring" stuff less boring. Great educators, like Feynman, are able to do this. But it's not always boom crack whoosh. Most of the time it's just equations.
The wise man is known by his common sense, and a pleasant teacher is the best.
nope, I have lots of kids who witnessed amazing experiments, but after one month its just nothing about the experiments in their heads.
Yes, but it's very hard to do it 8 - 10 hours a day for below average wage in front of a crowded class of children where majority either does not care or sabotages your effort.
Of course this guy is great, but not every teacher is blessed to work in good conditions. Let's try to be fair, please.
"I will now demonstrate for you the principles of chemistry by setting fire to half of this stuff and blowing the other half up" My man!
"No, no, no, no... Please. I'm not here for applause!" What a great and humble chap. Wish he'd been my Chemistry teacher.
humble?, it make me feel uncomfortable by denying a natural applause for a presentation, and being entertained not because people actually believed is magical,
@@albertroswell I understand the guy's sentiment, but after the 2nd or 3rd time, I skipped ahead everytime the audience started clapping because it was so uncomfortable hearing him.
@@albertroswell But do you clap every time you drive a car though?
@@albertroswell It's because its basic chemistry, if you were highly knowledgeable in a particular subject, chances are, you wouldn't seek gratification from something so simple. It's like if you're an electrical engineer, the applause wouldn't feel deserved if you just made sparks and everyone was amazed by it.
@@toby2668 I mean people clap when the plane lands 😂😂
The change of tone in his voice when the lid pops off the can is priceless. After years and years of doing this his inner child is still there to appreciate every little moment!
At the beginning of the movie:
"there's no WAY I'm watching a chemistry video that's an hour and 22 minutes long"
An hour and 22 minutes of not blinking later:
"sonofabitch, that was awesome"
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This man is not normal, a great teacher, chemist, lecturer, magician and musician! I wish I had 1/10 of his intellect, I am in awe!
Its not magic :]
Rightly so. Very curious.
Need more of these types of knowledge transfers
Why is that not normal....
My ears have never had to work so hard. And I'm 46. It's like watching a magic show whilst being shot with a verbal machine gun. I hope that crowd of fidgeting 10 year olds are taking notes. You can't help but admire his passion though...and the fact it was all done on one exhale.
"machine gun" is perfect. I tried to measure him and he's not below a monster average of 150 words per minute. The video is 1h 22 min, which makes 12k+ words in total.
I forgot i was watching the last video on 1.25x speed and was concerned when he was talking about his passion for fire
these are the type of people that should live forever! His enthusiasm and love for science is amazing!!
Carl Sagan was another
Imagine the invaluable advancements he can contribute to the art of chemistry
(Prior accomplishments hath already been validated organized and accounted for )
This man didn't shut up for 5 seconds . He speaks so fluently and naturally its insane.
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Video: Do you clap when you drive a car?
Me: I do now... 2020 hasn't been an exciting year
Ayo i was saying the same..get my man some tea please😂
Seems as if he had planned a 2.5 hours long lecture, but the RI cut his time short at the last minute, so he had to speed it up.
He’s definitely wired. Look at him
Me in chem class: "sleeps"
Me at 3 am: ”Ｉｎｔｅｒｅｓｔｉｎｇ"
Sad to see teachers/students not really passionate about their subject
@@menest1442 It really is. Back when i was in middle school i had a teacher that was really passionate in teaching science and she *made* me learned it even though im not really interested. And now im trying to learn more about the world of chemistry. But nowadays the teacher in my class just doesn't really care about the subject nor their students.
ps: sorry for bad english
@@khaiwriel4238 Sorry to hear that hope you find a wonderful mentor
Cuz if its not on your phone what good is it rite?
most stuff is not the slightest funny or interesting when it is forced on you
"a secret and passionate obsession with F I R E" I like him already
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this is just education gold, i wish i had such teachers when i was a kid
this guy is the chemistry teacher we all wish we had
@@wayneyadams actually he did explain quite a lot of chemistry behind all of this, but you might have missed it if you didn't pay attention.
Also, besides having the knowledge, it's extremely important - as a teacher - to know how to convey this knowledge in a way that engages the students and keeps them focused, which this guy totally does.
Not every man who is knowledgeable is a good teacher precisely for lacking this skill, but this man totally nails it
A lot of teachers could have learned a thing or two about teaching from him. He's amazing.
if we paid teachers better more of them would be like him
Yeah if you in Jr High...
If he was my 4th grade science teacher I'm sure I would have been more interested in science.
I can't believe myself...i actually listen to him from beginning to the end no skip and understand all his presentation...while i barely stay awake for 5min in my chem class
😂😂😂 same here
But l couldn't understand what he said in 14:14 can you explain this for me ?
So glad to see Professor Slughorn still teaching Potions
Just what I thought
And lost quite an amount of weight
Yes, but he has stopped giving his signature phrase..."use... it.... wellllll."
Nah, that's Colin Mochrie.
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I was in an all too common UA-cam Rabbit Hole when I came across this video. Honestly, I don't even know why I started watching but BOY am I glad I did. I was immediately taken back to my days in primary school science class. This video is highly entertaining.
Really? My primary school science lessons consisted of putting eggs in fizzy pop and recording how long it takes for ketchup and toothpaste to slide down a whiteboard.
UA-cam rabbit holes are the best
@@Arthur-yf9yv My primary school experience in science was reading a textbook. And nothing else.
Feel ya.... The places you may find yourself at 4am is astoundingly facinating :D
This lesson should be made mandatory for all science teachers. The passion and enthusiasm is superb. Thank you.
Not only for children. What a great charismatic man. This surely wasn't boring at all.
It's professors like him and demonstrations like this that were presented to myself while young in elementary school that interested me enough to go to college to achieve a chemistry degree!! Thank you too all professors and teachers that spend their time giving these minor lectures and entertaining demonstrations to the kids of the world, allowing them to gain a special new interest in sciences, physics and chemistry. I wonder how many kids he's got interested in chemistry and physics to pursue college degrees over the years of doing these demonstrations.
I just watched this for absolutely no reason and loved every minute of it. This man is great
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Hey, it does say "magic" and everyone loves a bit of that!
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There are some young children in the audience. I love the way he simply does not talk down to them and uses proper, grown-up language. The two children at the front look spell-bound. I'd love to know what they made of this lecture.
Never saw such an orator, presenter, performer, magician, professor, scientist and a lovable person. Love you sir for amusing the whole mass scientifically. Hats off to this extraordinary gentleman.
His performance is extraordinary and heart warming. ❤
the true magic is how he can speak at a constant pace for minutes without noticeably taking a breath, is he converting CO2 to O2 internally?? :D
He's mastered anxiety and is now able to talk casually to huge crowds...I wish I had that power instead of hiding behind my keyboard.
He breathes at 1:00:41 !! 😄
@@deadmanperipherals dude! great comment about hiding behind the keyboard. Idk, the fact that you are self-aware makes me think that maybe you are done hiding behind it )
U mean, anaerobic respiration
the reasons it's not as noticeable is because hes breathing every few words so they are much smaller quick breaths
He's so humble. He refuses to accept an
applause. A true scientist.
+John Naranjo humble or not that's an other thing but the reason why he say no to applause in middle of his lecture it's because he is a scientist not a clown (like in a circus) but after he finish he will accept it
+Khalid Ikan so claps are meant for circus "only", hmmmm didn't know that
Oni Akuma no I never say that, it just he is a scientist who want to transmettre his knowldge to the next generation not a man who wait for applause for every experiment he do if he want that he will go to some show theatre not in the middle of an universty
+Khalid Ikan The audience clapped because they were engaged and was impressed with the demonstration. Accepting an applause doesn't make you any less humble or less of a scientist. It's probably just his personality.
jk jellyfish
maybe you're right
700k people willingly watched a lecture..Schools around the world could learn something from that chemist.
No one will ask me to remember anything he said, that is why. They might ask me why i stayed up until 4 in the night watching, and my only explanation is that the lecture is 82 minutes long. 82 minutes, that is a long time for a lecture.
1.18 million
I remember similar lectures at the University of Ottawa Christmas series (available to the public) over 40 years ago.
I'd enjoy them as a kid (4-8 yrs old). Yes, I understood at that age.
Chemistry, mineralogy have been my "fun" for years, tho, I've shifted to video games.
Our youth needs to get back into the sciences.,
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So glad my insomnia made me stumble on this! What a fascinating man. "And I'm going to set fire to it..." How he's survived so long is a miracle. Love him!
this guy spoke continuously for 1 hour and 30 minutes, such energy. he is double my age and i don't have half his energy.
No he took a break at 19:08
Congratulations.
You're not a pyromaniac.
remove sugar process food and dead animal from your diet. youll shine 48 hour in a row before wanting to sleep 3 hour
He loves chemistry...my favorite people are chemists...potential correlation, potentially.
@@RealLifeMassMultiplayerRPG that's probably the gluten talking
At the beginning of the movie:
"there's no WAY I'm watching a chemistry video that's an hour and 22 minutes long"
An hour and 22 minutes of not blinking later:
"sonofabitch, that was awesome"
...so I'm not the only one.
😂
6:02
XD LOL troll
I only just realised that it was an hour and 22 mins long when I read ur comment, damn that went by pretty quickly lolol 😂😂
Who is in here watching in 2020. I have too much time on hand due to covid19 and surfing youtube everyday out of boredom staying at home. Why did I not find this years ago. I would have changed my major and took science instead. I used to find science boring, having someone like me to be able to watch the video from finish to end sums up this video in 1 word.
BRILLIANT!
if only i can turn back time... i've just realized for a while now how much i wanted to study chemistry... and this vid just made me want it more. i've just graduated college just for the sake of finishing it, but once i save up in a few years i'll study it i swore to myself.
I majored in Chemistry and hated it - due to my lecturers stressing on research and PhDs, rather than applications and how one can contribute to humanity. What my lecturers did was concentrate on how to get accolades for yourself - and in the process, boost their fame
You comment makes me scroll back up to see was this uploaded, "2014". Been 6 years now, well better late than never they say ;) Also those teachers pushing you for the degrees, that's what capitalism doing.
Mee!!
He was hating claps because it wasn't a performance,
He wanted people to understand there's science behind it,
Thanks sir💥
I'd say his parents got their money's worth getting him that chemistry set. Brilliant, lecture!
It doesn't cost much you can make it at home... If you know the procedure
@@OzairKhanYousafzai That is hardly the point.
@@thomasm1964 I believe the point is once they noticed the spark of his passion they helped him fuel it further. a lesson to us all
But what happened to his mother's kitchen????
I’d say the entire world got great worth out of the money his parents spent on that chemistry set. Also, kudos to the snake oil salesman for sparking his initial interest as well. Just a brilliant, interesting man.
What a great lecturer and entertainer! He truly recreates the atmosphere of the non-stop patter of the snake-oil salesman he introduces at the beginning of the lecture, but instead of just baffle-gab, he reveals all the principles behind the science of chemistry and physics. Wonderful!
My thoughts as well!
This is the most natural, accurate and comprehensive chemistry lecture on this planet.
No it isn't. Very little content, all fluff. No teacher in their right mind would jump from demo to demo to demo, from thermochem to gas laws to this and that.
hes a self made chemist xD and with the 1st trick he used gun powder to tell you that cough syrup and asprin will burst into flames in your stomack if you drink water :'D
@@porterwake3898 hey genius the title of this lecture is "Magic of chemistry"
1:06:24 "But!" "Dumbledore asked calmly"
The passion (for what he does in life) in his face and body language is something you see very rarely. It's like a child discovering the world for the first time everyday. It honestly brings a tear to my eyes seeing the love of education and science; plus our future as a species. Thank you for the video.
passion is easy when you don't have think what food you'll have to eat for dinner tomorrow. Most scientists, teachers and people who live from pension starve like in some pour African country.
He is the type of teacher that got me into a career in chemistry. Hopefully a few attendees will follow a career in chemistry because of his demonstration.
Me watching this at 4am: I don't need sleep, I need answers
Lol
Lol
I just finished watching this and it's 3:37am. 😂
Thank God I am not the only one😀
I am at 1:11:37
4:32 AM lool
This brilliant man's enthusiasm is infectious! I was captivated start to finish
His headset never really fitting correctly makes him that much more endearing and awesome.
The beauty of it is that it works for him. He doesn't care what it looks like.
The way he is almost screaming at the audience when they start applause is just priceless. What a kind and humble man, sharing the world his knowledge and not carrying about applause 👏
It's a bit
To me, it's the most amazing thing. He firmly refuses to take any credit for impressive stuff he's showing, stressing that he is merely demonstrating basic principles in nature discovered by great people before us.
This humble attitude of respect is perhaps the most important point of his lecture, that can make any man a better person.
I've been to this place before as a young child with my family. I loved it so much. I'm 15 now (I know not too old) and I'm still never tired of these shows.
We're glad to hear you had such a nice time at the Ri! We hope to see you again soon 😊
@@TheRoyalInstitution Hi, how is one able to attend lectures here? (after lockdown of course)
One of the most inspirational men on the world. His performance is exceptional. Only if each country had one teacher like this, this world would have been a better place. The most amazing thing is how the children love that show! Τhe little girl, pink trousers, front line must be having the best day of her life, how adorable.
When he said it led down a path of discovery at the end of his story... literal chills. An amazing man.
I had a professor like this in college and for the first time in my life during school I was engaged. I was always kinda smart like I would understand what my teachers were talking about and i would do well on tests but I just went through the motions. It took one man to bring out a passion in me and now I’m a chemical engineer for a fortune 200 company. All it takes is one person to come into our lives and reshape everything. Teachers should be here to inspire, not just get us by. This guy is absolutely brilliant
Wholesome
And would you be passing on this enthusiasm
Be that man for someone else dude. Happy for you.
I had professors that handed us a book and told us to read and professors that lectured at a blackboard with labs. I never learned as well with the books, especially in the beginning. Watching my children's teachers hand them a book and sit down to read a newspaper or pull out their cell phone was disappointing. I knew that their education had to be fortified with home lessons. School became an exercise in doing what they had to do to pass, right or wrong and home became where they learned things. All teachers need to be more like this guy.
Dude its 3:59 AM.....
I cant sleep...
Im now a chemist
This Dude is more youthful at heart than a lot of the Youth
Too bad I didn’t have such a chemistry teacher when I took my chemistry classes as I am sure my interest in this subject matter would have been very different. Thanks for sharing such great presentation.
As a chemist in training, I can only say I'm glad that chemistry has gotten more spotlight these last few years. It's a VERY important science, as civilization wouldn't be possible without the knowledge of how to use chemical reactions to produce energy, materials, goods or medicine.
I hope that three years later you have done well in your training.
Just studying alchemy now. What a fascinating history chemistry has!
I’m a freshman in high school and plan on taking honors and AP chemistry later in my high school career due to the fact of me wanting to be a chemist. I’ve always wanted to be one since I was younger, after getting a taste, my interest has always been peaked. Also taking calculus and AP calculus cause chemistry involves a LOT of math
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@@paw45 I feel it the same way. I was born in the middle 80's and people were not into chemistry, and things got even worst after that.
I stumbled upon a video of Andrew Szydlo a few days ago in an effort to psych myself up for my college chemistry class. He makes the topic interesting and fun. I half want to buy myself a lab coat and a few experiments to try. I will definitely be sharing his videos with my children. I am genuinely surprised that he isn't more well known.
I used to love the few RI lectures like this I got to see as a kid.
I've just started my PhD now, and I still love them just as much
He is not here for Applause people, He is here for SCIENCE
Great display of thermodynamics aswell
But dang he is entertaining, and I actually learned a bit of chemistry
Apparently the audience is incompetent of listening
@@danielbartlett122219 yeah the guy wasnt there for cheap claps like a circus performer lol he was teaching and yeah they didnt listen one bit when he said please dont clap
🥰
If only all teaching was done with such passion.
It's not about economics.
Was going to watch for 1 minute but watched until the end - just amazing
"Lunacy" like this should be mandatory to be a "teacher"... Because teachers exist to guide the student to knowledge, not to impose.
We would have no teachers
@@nicosilver7876 why?
@@nicosilver7876 elaborate, if you don't mind.
@AntiSocial Atheist what's more sad is "liberal" _prpfessors_ invading colleges/universities with their dogmatic ideologies that can be far worse than any "religion", but I didn't see anything regarding that part of the political ideology on your reply.
@@plumber1337 .ď
12:36 My favorite topic... which is, of course... fiaaahh.
eyyy voila
all the kids in the audience shifting in their seats in excitement
@@aronious291 et voilà *
Et voila :^)
What was that solution? I wanna do it in lab?
I was genuinely worried for him at the end
Me too! I kept asking myself if it was part of it hahah
This man may never push the envelope of science forward by himself, but he will definitely push others to be the envelope. A brilliant mind and well done. The applause at the end was deserved but during his experiments there was no need to applaud what we already know. He's just the humble messeger. GREAT lecture and lab. Kudos.
quite the opposite hes written many papers on various subjects which have won much praise and respect from the scientific community and is verry well known for his studdies of oxygen theres probably a nobel prize not far off
@@Sarge92 Not to detract anything from this wonderfully passionate lecturer, but I don't think you understand what is required in terms of novelty and impact of research to win a Nobel prize.
He has done lots of research for your information.
Amazing how he did everything without a break especially the talking, no ehhhs no uhhsss just fluent talk
Zote der Mächtige great observation.
Some peoples brain just work better than most of us :)
@John Online I was going to say the same thing. And he doesn't begin every sentence with the conjunction 'So'. People of that generation really knew how to speak.
He did repeat himself a bit.
@@__nog642 Let's hear how you give a presentation like this for over an hour. Until you do that, your statement is just that. It is irrelevant!
I am a student and I could relate every experiment with what I had been learning. Wow 🤩 , that's the kind of teacher everyone needs.
thumbs up for those of us catching up on our chemistry classes from 2010 in 2019..
catching up everything, morality, nutrition, music, writing...
If even just a fraction of the enthusiasm he showed these students is carried on to their adult lives, they'd make it.
Make what? Can I make it?
@@godforreal7355 You can make it, unless you fake it.
So don't you fake it.
@@raymundoii
gotta study for them quizzes and tests to get into a good university xD
@@raymundoii it's ok to fake it until you make it. Gotta start somewhere
This is the chemestry teacher I would have needed...dam it. In less than 10 minutes i regred dropping chemestry in school.
Regret regret regret for me too
Me too!!
Obviously and unlike most teachers, he likes his job.
I think a good English teacher would've done better for you
Yes..
A textbook example of why having a passionate, informed & extremely enthusiastic professor teaching you ANYTHING can have a huge impact on wether students simply regurgitate/memorize what they are taught or if they truly learn & take the information to heart.
Holy Jesus the energy this man exudes is incredible
oooohh wait nevermind I was watching this at 2x speed. by god was exhilarating though!
This guy is awesome :D but I feel like he's going to get a stroke by any minute. He just went almost one and a half hour in one breath.
Agreed, I could just barely tell if his dehydration syndrome was a joke or not.
Think he got some spook fumes. lol
WRONG! He has one breath - @25:32 !!
I saw one of his lectures on youtube where he went on for 2 hours and the pace was much faster. I kind of expected it here too, than thought "Oh, just a normal lecture." :D
Wow! I was just a few seconds away from the dehydration warning part of the video, when I read the comment. (@_@)
These demonstrations are great! It should be shown in all schools. Andrew has done a fine job.
These kind of demos used to be common place in college. Students don't find them exiting enough these days.
Even though he said it's chemistry, not magic. I still feel like I'm in Hogwarts
We know how, but not why. We just got good at explaining the physical laws of matter. It's magic redefined. It's alchemy. Transmutation. A legitimate part of modern science. We still don't understand it.
@@ronhempfield5043 I disagree to am extent. Alchemy's biggest goal was to turn lead into gold. And even though radioactive decay makes it possible, it isn't possible in the way alchemists thought.
This is why alchemy lead to chemistry. Same study as you said but the methods and data analysis is different
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An hour of my life that I did not waste ! That was great ! **applause**
HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU?! I'M NOT HERE FOR AN APPLAUSE!!
An hour of my life that I did masterfully invest in to that which is resident in the pantheon of all of that which is worthwhile
There I fixed it for you
This is a joy to watch, I can feel his love for chemistry and his explanations are so easy to understand. Plus chemistry is a very Interesting topic.
36:08 The reaction of the little family in the front row when he said, "I'm going to show you how to make a simple mortar." 😄
What a passionate man, amazing.
I’ve learned more from listening to this man for just over an hour, than from 5 years of science class in high school.
That was wonderful Dr Szydlo. Thank you. I just wish that we children of 30, 40, 50+ years ago had been taught in the same manner. Chemistry, science and mathematics are not boring or particularly hard to learn of what is already known. There's been a fatal error in delivery of information within our education systems. You Sir are doing a great service in remedying that.
The universal human attraction to fire is a great way to engage your audience.
"I have a condition called very very British, where if i don't have my cup of tea i might faint"
hahahaha
too bad, as a soviet, i have to tell you that tea is delicious.
IKR lol as an American I'm thinking "Why doesn't he just grab that water bottle sitting beside him?" lol
Dustin Nunyo As a chemist I'm thinking: "Why does he put his tea and his water on the bench?" That just bothered me the most. You do not bring your food/drinks into a lab. Even worse in a demonstration for children.
darkfexthefirst true, true, but I didn't see anything particularly deadly to ingest (as far as I am aware) at least not in small quantities (i.e. particles of gunpowder flying off the table and into his drink) in this demonstration however it is probably a good practice to get into.
If we have such teachers at school, I'm sure all of the students would be scientists... 👏👏👏
Had I had a chemistry teacher like this I'd have gotten straight As every time
A proper old-school English gentleman, with a passion! loved every minute.
Proper english gentleman with a distinctly polish surname.
He was so excited and I bet he's done this a billion times so thats amazing he's still passionate
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I FINISHED THE VIDEO AND I LEARNED SO MUCH 🥺🥺 I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. I HOPE I CAN MEET HIM. HE WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED IN MY LIFE HE "IGNITED" MY PASSION FOR CHEMISTRY
this dude is showing the core of being a scientist... commitment till high age with curiosity and being able to explain with understandable words. lovely!
Such a modest character and as another commenter said "an endearing teacher"
They don't make teachers like this anymore. What an extraordinary sense of wonder he still has! Very inspirational.
How have I not found this channel earlier?
+Antic How-To Because we only reveal ourselves the truly deserving.
Just kidding, but glad to have you here :)
+The Royal Institution It's nice to be here :D
+The Royal Institution Hahaha amazing, you have a great sense of humor and spread science among us mortals, you must have a defect you cannot be so perfect. Keep the spirit of Faraday alive with those great talks.
Im saying the same... great channel
The google algorithm is conspiring against you.
I can't find a word to appreciate his presentation.
And after the lecture, he jumped into his DeLorean and went back to the future.
Super Chilli Face i wish i could promote this comment . dude , you made my day ✌🏻
Lol
Wing guy. Check out Prof Julius Sumner Miller
@@malalford A great lesson from "Hilarious House of Frankenstein"; never talk down to kids, elevate them :)
he acc has a rolls royce that he restored himself
What a wonderful journey in the real of chemistry. Thank you RI, Thank you Mr. Szydlo.
I absolutely love this teacher: a total inspiration! The depth & breadth of his applied chemistry & scientific history knowledge, as well as his presentation skills, are truly amazing. & I love that he defines science as actual understanding & note mere memorization of facts!
The way he pronounces “FIRE” is very indicative of his love of the all things explosive, and burnable.
Thank heavens he was not in the military😂
Sounds like he may have been
What a professional and modest this man is. He even speaks out the names of scientists correctly. He mentioned about two polish chemists and their names are very difficult for english people to pronounce well. He did this perfectly. It does prove care of detalis. This was the great lecture.
I think it's because he is Polish too. He was born in London, but speaks Polish
fluently
Yeah, well just let me know when he puts out a "Fun with differential equations and quotative analysis" video.
I wish we had more teachers like Andrew. It was great pleasure to recall all chemistry school program in 1.5 hours :)
Sees length of video: "As long as a movie? This'll be tedious and boring; I'll probably skip through most of it."
Watches the video: "I stand corrected."
(I _do_ clap everytime I drive.)
Please keep your hands on the wheel, stop clapping! D:
@@DigiLuigi no i continuously clap while in a car untill i get out of car
If you're a bad driver, getting from A to B is worth clapping for every time
I lost it laughing when he cut the audience off with his " oh no applause please" before they even started clapping
Oh my God! What a wonderful professor! So respectful and kind. God bless him.