What is Light? Maxwell and the Electromagnetic Spectrum

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  • @mohammadbhuiyan6034
    @mohammadbhuiyan6034 3 роки тому +1191

    “Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.”

  • @TheRoyJames
    @TheRoyJames 6 років тому +688

    I lowkey was waiting for him to say, OK, let me shed some light on this subject

    • @dabmaster1233
      @dabmaster1233 4 роки тому +3

      Science Revolution what the fuuuuuu

    • @stayhumble.5686
      @stayhumble.5686 4 роки тому +1

      @Science Revolution Dude thats an amazing explanation thank you

    • @cubemage3336
      @cubemage3336 4 роки тому +1

      wasted opportunity xD

    • @acrohasatablespoon1408
      @acrohasatablespoon1408 4 роки тому

      @Science Revolution we call this "dumb assery"

    • @malcolm4050
      @malcolm4050 3 роки тому +2

      I’ll never know what science revolution said. My life will never be complete

  • @llamamefon
    @llamamefon Рік тому +4

    Omg I came here for my psycholinguistics homework two videos ago and I just can't stop watching you! I loved so much the review at the end. What a great teacher! This BA Mexican student is sooo happy!

  • @AliThamir
    @AliThamir 4 роки тому +73

    explained in 4 mins what my lecturer failed to explain in 40 mins

    • @Relateable__
      @Relateable__ Місяць тому

      Bro shut up with these comments 😊

  • @adityarane6775
    @adityarane6775 6 років тому +90

    I have no words for the way u are presenting the topic for us. Pls keep making such videos with animations and images. Also try to make some videos related to the IIT-JEE prep, I would love it.

  • @isenfirecat
    @isenfirecat Рік тому +7

    All my life I've only ever been on the Autism Spectrum, so this is a very helpful video, thanks

  • @amiracle6939
    @amiracle6939 3 роки тому +3

    u have ur own aesthetic of a science teacher thats actually cool

  • @nickathans78
    @nickathans78 4 роки тому +40

    I’m very disappointed, there was so much room for a light 💡 dad joke somewhere in there haha.
    Awesome vid again, Thanks Prof Dave! Science is addictive, or my ocd has nothing else to focus. Either way I’m enjoying learning, bit by bit.
    They way it’s all sectioned out makes your page extremely easy to reference.
    Explain it to me like I’m 4yrs old and we are all good. Love it haha 😂

  • @kayleewinters8721
    @kayleewinters8721 7 років тому +53

    That was the best intro ever

  • @stvrlighttz_.
    @stvrlighttz_. 8 місяців тому +11

    In chemistry/physics jesus we trust 🤞

  • @ytcommentsguy
    @ytcommentsguy 3 роки тому +8

    Bad news travel faster than than the speed of light.

  • @danpower7416
    @danpower7416 5 років тому +14

    What is Light? Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more.

  • @StructuralEngineer-e3m
    @StructuralEngineer-e3m 4 місяці тому

    You are the best UA-camr and science educator, well all fields, educator.

  • @y5mgisi
    @y5mgisi 11 місяців тому +24

    Reality is so weird.

  • @joyjoy323
    @joyjoy323 6 років тому +8

    Best explanation 👍

  • @Eveeduffe
    @Eveeduffe 9 годин тому

    Thank you this helped a lot🙏😭

  • @YashKumar-mypage
    @YashKumar-mypage 3 роки тому +1

    Good Explanation

  • @Neba1826
    @Neba1826 3 місяці тому

    Your explaination is owsem🎉🎉 keep it up

  • @369Omniverse
    @369Omniverse 4 роки тому +5

    (I) Electromagnetic waves
    (ii) Electric field & Magnetic fields
    (iii)3*10^8 m/s

  • @PoppyPresents
    @PoppyPresents 7 років тому +5

    I find your videos really good to watch

  • @thingintresting5495
    @thingintresting5495 Рік тому +1

    I like the question part in the ending

  • @GirmaTesfaye-b6m
    @GirmaTesfaye-b6m 5 місяців тому

    Good presentation

  • @chloenicole7528
    @chloenicole7528 4 роки тому +22

    Not gonna lie when my teacher for general science all I could think of was how much Dave looks like *jEsUs*

    • @chrisdias7842
      @chrisdias7842 3 роки тому +2

      Not at all

    • @chrisdias7842
      @chrisdias7842 3 роки тому +2

      At least I do not think so

    • @bisola383
      @bisola383 3 роки тому

      Y’all Jesus was black or at least I think so. The bible didn’t mention his color

  • @fatunicorn98
    @fatunicorn98 4 роки тому +2

    This is the best explanation that I have seen or heard. Electro magnetic is good but energy frequency will also cover sound.
    What is light?
    Light to us is an electromagnetic energy frequency that most living beings translate into what we perceive as light. All other energy frequencies are darkness to us.
    If Earth has the only living beings in the Universe and our Sun went supernova extinguishing all life, would the universe be light or dark?

    • @dabmaster1233
      @dabmaster1233 4 роки тому

      Fat Unicorn other stars dumbass

    • @fatunicorn98
      @fatunicorn98 4 роки тому

      @@dabmaster1233 it's not about the star, it's about living beings that can translate an energy frequency into what we know as light. The universe would be dark.
      Dumbass!

  • @jeromejeremytay6721
    @jeromejeremytay6721 6 років тому +5

    At 2:38, I believe the formula should be c=λf

    • @ProfessorDaveExplains
      @ProfessorDaveExplains  6 років тому +4

      same thing

    • @carultch
      @carultch 3 роки тому

      @@ProfessorDaveExplains Is there a historical reason for nu instead of f to represent frequency of light, when lowercase f would seem more logical? The letter nu seems like it has no connection to the word frequency.

    • @nihalbhamrah4726
      @nihalbhamrah4726 Місяць тому

      f is frequency and v is also denoted for frequency as its a greek symbol nu

  • @samk6042
    @samk6042 5 років тому +62

    My physics teacher showed us this 😂😂

    • @cheddis3249
      @cheddis3249 4 роки тому +1

      Jean-Paul Teitu II, how stupid are you?That comment was from a year ago.

    • @leekfam7667
      @leekfam7667 4 роки тому

      Jean-Paul Teitu II where is your proof of this? You most likely have never met his mother nor has this person met you, so neither of you can objectively call the other stupid with no basis

    • @cheddis3249
      @cheddis3249 4 роки тому

      Okay. I will rephrase it then. How could not see that this was posted a long time before the quarantine, it’s right at the top. My point is how quickly do you read over things that you don’t even pay attention to the big parts. And don’t even try to insult my mom.

    • @primo3621
      @primo3621 4 роки тому

      @Jean-Paul Teitu II wow I have never seen such rare specimen of ape-human hybrid tell me good sir do you have a brain?

    • @leekfam7667
      @leekfam7667 4 роки тому

      Jean-Paul Teitu II you fucking edited it don’t even give me that shit

  • @Vitas.kitchen
    @Vitas.kitchen 7 років тому +16

    Way to go Dave! Started watching your videos even when not studying! And damn you hit me with a quiz at the end (really good idea actually!). Will support you $ when out of grad school (lol)! Can't wait for next one!

    • @ProfessorDaveExplains
      @ProfessorDaveExplains  7 років тому +16

      future money is almost as good as now money! and leisure watching is good too :)

  • @jm.a4
    @jm.a4 4 роки тому +1

    This is exactly what i was looking for

  • @JamesCampbellPPG
    @JamesCampbellPPG 6 років тому +5

    Good stuff man. I love the quick mask cutouts!

  • @jahiravasquez7602
    @jahiravasquez7602 5 років тому +9

    I wish professor Dave would cite his sources in his youtube vids :,( i always use his vids to write essays for my science classes

    • @ProfessorDaveExplains
      @ProfessorDaveExplains  5 років тому +10

      i usually just work directly out of a textbook! and i find them all the be rather similar

    • @jahiravasquez7602
      @jahiravasquez7602 5 років тому

      Professor Dave Explains omg he replied 🤩 lol ok so I’ll cite any textbook I use. your vids are just so I can understand what’s being said in the textbook. Got it. Thank you!!!

  • @Johnytiger
    @Johnytiger 2 роки тому

    here studying the electromagnetic spectrum looking for a connection to consciousness and and all this is connected to the phenomenon

  • @georgecooper1753
    @georgecooper1753 4 роки тому +2

    wtf is that intro lol its AMAZING

  • @salahrazasaeed5990
    @salahrazasaeed5990 4 роки тому +1

    very nice

  • @yourfavouritescepticx8969
    @yourfavouritescepticx8969 5 років тому +3

    Very informative vids. Keep it up buddy lol👍🏾

  • @raybin6873
    @raybin6873 4 роки тому +2

    Watching this enlightened me..😁

  • @paulasmathlessons1494
    @paulasmathlessons1494 5 років тому +3

    Thank you sir this helped a lot.

  • @sukhmansingh1132
    @sukhmansingh1132 3 роки тому

    NICE VIDEO

  • @haryanvibhajan189
    @haryanvibhajan189 4 роки тому

    Super amazing video

  • @tanvibadadare2622
    @tanvibadadare2622 3 роки тому

    thanks it helped a lot

  • @rogersrivasan2150
    @rogersrivasan2150 2 роки тому

    David you are awesome!!!

  • @phatgar9461
    @phatgar9461 6 років тому +4

    Hi this is a very awesome video. Can we use it for our thesis project?

  • @danadavison1290
    @danadavison1290 4 роки тому

    The intro made me subscribe

  • @greenholic890
    @greenholic890 5 місяців тому

    I prefer listening to this than our 3 hour lecture lol

  • @ImaplanetJupiteeeerr
    @ImaplanetJupiteeeerr 19 днів тому

    But how do we actually see the light? How does my screen work etc? Great video but I just ant understand it, need to watch a deeper dive on why and how we actually see the visible light and colours and where it comes from etc.

  • @strugglingcollegestudent
    @strugglingcollegestudent 2 роки тому

    I remember watching this forever ago for gen chem and now I'm taking ochem 2 I need to review it so I can figure out spectroscopy

  • @evoguy1344
    @evoguy1344 3 роки тому

    Very nice video, helped a lot

  • @RixtronixLAB
    @RixtronixLAB 2 роки тому

    Nice video, thanks :)

  • @robertlovesgothgirlz
    @robertlovesgothgirlz Рік тому

    Love these videos. Thank you

  • @mansoorianthehouseofwisdom1007
    @mansoorianthehouseofwisdom1007 4 роки тому

    Nice explanation sir.... Wow amazing 👌❤️❤️💞👌

  • @faithhorner993
    @faithhorner993 20 днів тому

    This was the perfect explanation. I am just really disappointed that I cannot use the video for my eighth graders due to the anatomically correct illustration of humans. 😢

  • @PiyaChoudhari
    @PiyaChoudhari Рік тому

    This is so good ! Light or electric magnetic wave is a wave of oscillating electric and magnetic fields perpendicular to each other and the dire tion of their propogation... Wow that animation was awesome 💯 explained everything

  • @anuragchavan7900
    @anuragchavan7900 6 років тому +7

    Sir can you make a video on
    Emission adsorption spectra

    • @ProfessorDaveExplains
      @ProfessorDaveExplains  6 років тому +2

      i cover that a bit in the bohr model, i talk about it a bit in the astronomy series with the spectral classification of stars

  • @alicekanini9475
    @alicekanini9475 4 роки тому

    Thanks professor

  • @tatiannalarsen776
    @tatiannalarsen776 6 років тому +1

    I am taking a college level physics, I was told double transverse waves travel through a vacuum at 186,282 miles/s

  • @JoshVandever
    @JoshVandever 3 місяці тому

    There probably isn't an upper limit on the EM spectrum, and more intensely energetic waves are probably possible, they would probably have to be created artificially.

  • @afroloungetv6226
    @afroloungetv6226 Рік тому

    Love this❤️💖

  • @bereychu
    @bereychu 5 місяців тому

    Thank you so much, you have no idea.

  • @mayofastora1615
    @mayofastora1615 4 роки тому +2

    My teacher linked this vid ;-;
    We have to do a poster about 1 of the 7 electromagnetic waves, I choose ultraviolet.

  • @ashleyloren6159
    @ashleyloren6159 3 роки тому

    Thanks Professor Dave!

  • @sajalaly9534
    @sajalaly9534 3 роки тому +1

    Please provide me the link of how electromagnetic feild is produced

  • @mehreenarshad5219
    @mehreenarshad5219 5 років тому

    Thank you sir❤

  • @zoeilyasu
    @zoeilyasu Рік тому

    thanks prof

  • @ts37924
    @ts37924 Рік тому

    THANKS! this was to the point and very comprehendable.
    one doubt though, why is is that electromagnetic radiations are not deflected by electrical and magetic feilds ?

    • @ts37924
      @ts37924 Місяць тому

      @MatthewPhilip-d6z i guess yeah it is

  • @realizeislam4820
    @realizeislam4820 3 роки тому +1

    1:11
    *I am confused that why people represent the wave like the above one instead of the below one which is real ?*

  • @vision8899
    @vision8899 2 роки тому

    1:18 “What is a kind, Kent?”

  • @mohammadsaad779
    @mohammadsaad779 4 роки тому

    thank you sir

  • @theophthalmologist9331
    @theophthalmologist9331 2 роки тому +2

    If different wavelengths means different colours, than why colour do not change with refraction where the wavelengths change and become shorter? Thanks in advance

    • @hereIam1965
      @hereIam1965 6 місяців тому

      Harmonics . Ratio . ?

  • @jillcritchfield1031
    @jillcritchfield1031 3 роки тому

    That is the greatest theme song ever. Billy nye just got schooled on theme songs

  • @troyingram716
    @troyingram716 Рік тому

    And so, wavelength determines color while amplitude determines chroma? Extreme Amplitude is bounded between black and white, All color to no color? Or is it, max visible amplitude results in highest color intensity and the energy level either goes to white light ( high energy) or no light ( low energy).

  • @sanjuansteve
    @sanjuansteve 4 роки тому +2

    Are all wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum polarizable as with visible light? Thx

    • @carultch
      @carultch 3 роки тому +1

      Yes, we can find polarized EM radiation of all kinds, either manmade or natural. Since EM waves are transverse, all of them have a polarization. And a group of them could either have an organized polarization, or a mass assortment of polarization that we'd call unpolarized.
      Some examples:
      UV is naturally polarized as it fills our blue sky background.
      AM radio is linearly polarized vertically by the working principles of the antenna orientation, while FM radio is intentionally polarized with a circular polarization to improve reception on any receiver's antenna orientation.

  • @vadlamudigurappanaidu1594
    @vadlamudigurappanaidu1594 6 років тому

    good video

  • @matthinsjoe9320
    @matthinsjoe9320 2 роки тому

    Thanks

  • @MehrTV.
    @MehrTV. 2 роки тому

    What is the nature of the electromagnetic field?

  • @lisztplayer2203
    @lisztplayer2203 3 роки тому +10

    Hi Dave. I love your videos...very informative. Question - I read that a photon has no mass. Does that pertain only to a 'resting' photon, and they gain mass only when moving (which they essentially always do or we wouldn't see anything)? If a photon has no mass, and gravity affects objects with mass, how does a black hole attract photons so strongly they can't escape? wouldn't they be unaffected if they are massless? It may be a stupid q, but I'm no physicist so figured you might could help me out with this one...thanks!

    • @ProfessorDaveExplains
      @ProfessorDaveExplains  3 роки тому +13

      Always massless, so with black holes it's about the warping of spacetime, check out my modern physics playlist for more info! The general relativity tutorial in particular. And then also my astronomy playlist for more on black holes.

    • @lisztplayer2203
      @lisztplayer2203 3 роки тому +4

      @@ProfessorDaveExplains Right, I get the warping of spacetime (well mostly) but I figured that is what's happening in a gravitational field anywhere...meaning that I thought the key component to gravity (warping of spacetime) manipulating anything was that whatever that thing is it has to have mass. I've always thought of matter according to its traditional scientific definition: anything that has mass and takes up space. Gravity (warping of spacetime) attracts matter b/c matter has mass. A photon has no mass and essentially doesn't take up space, it isn't really 'matter' by definition, or is it?
      To me it suggests that gravity is simply one component / 'side effect' of the warping of spacetime, meaning the warping of spacetime and gravity are NOT exactly the same thing. i.e. there is more to the warping of spacetime than it just creating a gravitational field - it's does more than that I'll check out the videos you mentioned. I think I saw one or two on black holes already.

    • @ProfessorDaveExplains
      @ProfessorDaveExplains  3 роки тому +8

      The black hole is the thing doing the warping, black holes have mass.

    • @lisztplayer2203
      @lisztplayer2203 3 роки тому +5

      @@ProfessorDaveExplains Understood, my confusion lies in that even though the black hole has mass, doesn't anything it attracts have to have mass also? Or is it not required for BOTH objects to have mass?

    • @ProfessorDaveExplains
      @ProfessorDaveExplains  3 роки тому +11

      it's just that the black hole warps spacetime so immensely that the escape velocity exceeds the speed of light, it's all in the astronomy playlist

  • @lizardmilk5753
    @lizardmilk5753 3 роки тому

    So I was at class writing about how chameleons change their color and now I'm spending recess learning about electromagnetic radiation

  • @ritturana5223
    @ritturana5223 6 років тому

    Best stuff ever😉

  • @iitiansurajsahni3453
    @iitiansurajsahni3453 3 роки тому

    Thank u sir,

  • @playerraja2483
    @playerraja2483 3 роки тому

    0:08 subbed.

  • @JonathanJollimore-w9v
    @JonathanJollimore-w9v Рік тому

    What if matter is just more of the electromagnetic spectrum but after protons have gained more mass by attracting an electron but still part of that spectrum?

  • @chocolatebaby3199
    @chocolatebaby3199 7 років тому

    I love your backgrounds

  • @kemolegend907
    @kemolegend907 7 років тому +1

    Do a playlist on Inorganic chemistry

  • @sethpandas4908
    @sethpandas4908 4 роки тому

    what an intro!

  • @veronicalogotheti1162
    @veronicalogotheti1162 Рік тому

    Maxwell actually wrote about the invention the faraday

  • @cOr3t3ecks
    @cOr3t3ecks 5 років тому +1

    Do we know absolutely that there is no more to the spectrum, or have we just not discovered any new way to record what may be beyond? Stupid question. I know but how can we test it or find a way to test it? Good use of Horus BTW.

  • @Trooman20
    @Trooman20 2 роки тому +1

    Can you explain how the wave nature of light causes refraction of light?

  • @brd8764
    @brd8764 2 роки тому +1

    symbol and unit write as m. #notes

    • @brd8764
      @brd8764 2 роки тому

      delicate symbol. #who

  • @jefftottenham1191
    @jefftottenham1191 3 роки тому

    Lightning and thunder in fact occur at the same time, but the reason we human see the light before hearing the sound of thunder just simply because our eyes are ahead of our ears....

  • @mixsss3424
    @mixsss3424 3 роки тому

    prof dave thank you iloveyoooooou

  • @nafisaparveen4275
    @nafisaparveen4275 4 роки тому

    2:18
    Why does all elctromagnetic radiation have the same speed,I mean they should have different speeds because they have differemt frequencues.
    "A wave having more frequency travells slower than that of a low frequency wave". Pls explain this🙏🙏🙏🙏

    • @ProfessorDaveExplains
      @ProfessorDaveExplains  4 роки тому +1

      frequency is about number of wave cycles per unit time, all EM radiation still travels at the speed of light

  • @neurobits
    @neurobits 4 роки тому +1

    Hi, I’m very confused. Why some say “light particle doesn’t has neutral charge”, when is supposed to be the same exact thing. If I compare transmittion of electric waves over copper vs light over (well, inside) optic fiber, I can catch that maybe because of wavelenght another conductor is needed. But there are other reactions that are different, looks like light can’t give you a shock, but electricity certainly can. Thnx in advance!

  • @rkreike
    @rkreike 6 років тому

    Q: Lightspeed is constant in water and in glass and in vacuum, so why not also in Earth’s atmosphere?
    And: As lightspeed in Earth atmosphere is constant also when the lightsource is changing velocity,
    that should be different for observers when changing velocity?
    Or not?

    • @ProfessorDaveExplains
      @ProfessorDaveExplains  6 років тому +2

      the speed of light is always constant, it just can take light more or less time to travel through different substances because it has to interact with the atoms it contains in order to do so, and that can change the path of the light, so i believe the density of the substance is a factor.

  • @hans7356
    @hans7356 2 роки тому +1

    wow

  • @sherin7677
    @sherin7677 9 місяців тому

    Does EM waves present everywhere as full range with all types of waves? If an object absorb some visible light what does it mean? Does it mean that visible spectrum only incident the object and some Wavelengths are absorbed and some reflected?Or EM wave with full range hit that object first , and object absorbs only visible light ?

  • @rohitraizada9520
    @rohitraizada9520 3 роки тому

    Wasn't the speed of light in a vaccum was 300,000 m/s? If the speed was 300,000,000 m/s it would only take 30 milliseconds for the sunlight to reach Earth, but as a widely believed fact, it takes 8 minutes and 17 seconds to happen that. Also, as you stated that it takes around a second for light/any electromagnetic wave to travel to the moon, and by considering that moon is around 380,000 meters from earth, it again works out to around 300,000 m/s.

  • @ValidatingUsername
    @ValidatingUsername 7 місяців тому

    I’m not sure if my comment is still here but what’s your take on the deconstructive interference at a photo detector that makes it look like there is no energy at that spot in time but the next plank length forward or back the two photons would have been observed 🧐 dark matter and energy?

  • @ajitwangkheimayum1350
    @ajitwangkheimayum1350 Місяць тому +1

    Thank you Science Jesus 😝

  • @soup_.69
    @soup_.69 5 років тому +12

    who else is just watching for the intro

  • @p1chu
    @p1chu 4 роки тому

    Timestamps:
    This video does not need timestamps

  • @EsotericFleetMechanic
    @EsotericFleetMechanic Рік тому

    Speed of light is not the speed limit.

  • @youssofmasri7572
    @youssofmasri7572 10 місяців тому

    There's a typo at 2:38
    should be C = λ.f