Microscope: The Tube That Changed the World

Humans have long known that glass bends light. However, it took us awhile to figure out that stacking lenses in a tube would open up a whole new world to science, finally allowing us a peek at the microscopic.
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[@UPlayNetwork]

And then the Microscope went on to save millions of lives, the greatest invention in medicine imo

[@waffleofwar9]

House is the best medicine invention.

[@PhoenixFire32]

Pashion_Ends Indeed. If you're sick, it's always Lupus. Case solved!

[@Mmaly201]

I don't like the fact that Joker is talking about drugs

[@valhar2000]

Daniel Popov As John Green says, reality resists simplification. All those lives that were saved with the microscope, antibiotics, and everything else would not have been saved if it were not for all those things, and the hard work of the people who developed them and used them.

[@mathieudumoulin8273]

Lorenzo Benito Daniel Popov I disagree with Lorenzo, Antibiotics saved many more people than the microscope... Obviously, if you go and follow the chain of events, you could techically say that the dinosaur ice age meteorite saved many lives because without it, the chain of events as we know it wouldn't have happened, thus human wouldn't have live, agriculture too, writting would have never been developped, and so on. The butterfly effect/chaos theory/chain of events can't apply to what or who saved more lives than another in this context. Microscopes have a great "importance" (and i guess this is the better wording) in saving lives but did not save lives except maybe for a few mad scientists that may have crushed an unfortunate life less zombie skull in an experience gone awfully wrong :P

[@overnightgrowth]

As a Dutch person I have this evil guilty pleasure in hearing americans try to pronounce dutch names/words.

[@joostvhts]

We all do. :D

[@Aanthanur]

haha, i hear alot Dutch people talking German..... that's worse hoor :D

[@BSKX17]

I'm amused whenever a native English speaker tries to pronounce a foreign name/word. Some get it right with Spanish, French, German or other major languages, but most pretty much butcher the word with any language. Sometimes it's painful to the ears.

[@urbanstahel6985]

Hearing an english speaker try to pronounce åäö is one of the most amusing things for a scandinavian person.

[@overnightgrowth]

I can imagine :P

[@grimreefer9324]

2:38 Wait, so the guy's first instinct was to study water, second instinct to study blood and then he thought "Yeah, I'll take a look at a guy's nUt to see what secrets it has"

[@JoachimVampire]

i love this guy's videos, they are fun, easy to understand, precise and have good examples in the right moment

[@randommicroscope9135]

I was just thinking the same

[@RedJoker9000]

Another tube that changed the world was KZbin.

[@Starofhefail1338]

***** #rekt

[@Vaaaaadim]

***** Unless we're talking about the fallopian tube

[@sd91499]

And penises.

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[@captainhobo1234567]

And the Vacuum Tube. And the Cathode Ray Tube.

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pov: you are watching this in class

[@rmoni6076]

Yes

[@Jackdmyswag]

Yes

[@joerj2460]

Yeah lol

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Yes

[@ava-vi6hp]

yup

[@DrWh1teCat]

I would be interested in an episode surrounding anosmia (the lack of a sense of smell). It's a disability of which few people are aware, and there are many misconceptions about it, such as that anosmics are unable to taste.

[@Xo0pro0ox]

don't remember the name of the condition but would be a good thing to add. when something should smell burning and instead smells fruity and other strange smell mix ups like that.

[@DrWh1teCat]

That's dysosmia

[@R3Cat]

Well smell has a lot to do with the experience of flavor, so it does impair taste to a certain extent. Can you taste your food when you have a stuffy nose the same way you taste it otherwise? I can't.

[@Xo0pro0ox]

Re i'm immune to all known human viruses.

[@DrWh1teCat]

Re You're equating taste and flavor, when they are really not the same thing. Taste is just what your taste buds sense and send along CN VII, IX, and X. That is not affected at all by your sense of smell. Flavor is the combined information of scent, taste, thermal, tactile, and nociceptive receptors. Loss of any of those senses alters the overall effect,but doesn't diminish any of the other constituents. I'm congenitally anosmic, so having a stuffy nose does not affect the flavor of food at all for me. And stuffy nose doesn't affect the taste for anyone because the tastebuds and the corresponding nerves are not affected. If that stuffy nose was an infection that spread through the sinuses to infect CN VII, IX, or X, then yes,taste would be affected.

[@mackysplace]

A lab fight is all fun and games until someone brings out the concentrated acids.

[@fuckthisshiat]

Or organolithium reagents..

[@randommicroscope9135]

The microscope is such an underrated invention. Its contributions to humanity , science, and medicine are of epic proportions

[@user-pi8uu4ow8b]

i know right at a certain period f the time you notice how the molecules change slowly leaving us with 1 plus one we multpy that we have 3 leaving us with matter wiich make us in a STEM

[@PrestonSmithsMusic]

True story; when I was a kid of about 10, I stole a microscope from school so I could look at the life from the local frog pond. My first foray into art, I would draw unknown little critters and then search the science category in the school library for bugs and identify them. The things people do to learn, eh?

[@charliemannion2718]

Preston Smith I will assume you are from a time that has long passed if you were to have gotten away with this

[@7lawaneeena]

stealing is bad. learning is good

[@807pranavghandade8]

Um, how were you able to carry that big ass thing at 10? and how did no one notice a 10 yr old visibly struggling to a carry a microscope

[@PrestonSmithsMusic]

@@807pranavghandade8 I honestly can't remember. I thinking I was just simply left alone with a backpack. I am thankful children today have so many more opportunities than I did. It is my fervent hope that education is available to all children everywhere free and specific to their needs and curiosities.

[@user-pi8uu4ow8b]

true story: when I was 5 I penetrated by a microscope

[@lilyjennings1388]

I never like watching these kinds of videos but the excitement in his voice actually made me want to pay attention!

[@unknownuser2566]

did you just fart

[@TheJuliaJanine]

Great way to show students the history of microscopes! Going to use this tomorrow in class =}

[@imme9927]

Really good and awesome knowledge on microscope

[@arcticfox1402]

Thank you labverse! And thanks scishow for the amazing episodes!

[@piprod01]

I like to think of X-ray crystallography as a method that acts like a microscope. Except instead of lenses you've got to do all the math yourself.

[@Brick02]

Dude.. These videos remind me of just really well done science presentations only they post it online and get paid for it O.o and i really enjoy them.

[@NToB36]

i love the enthusiasm keep it up hank

[@ARealtorNamedHouse]

Great vid. That Labverse is pretty freaking cool actually.

[@ParallaxVue]

Great episode.

[@jamesgregory2197]

I really enjoy watching your show. You have a great way of presenting the material. I am very intrigued over the magnification of things and was thinking of getting a microscope for just a hobby. It seems that it would be fairly inexpensive hobby after purchasing the scope. Can you recommend a good one to start with? Thanks a lot. Good day.

[@hathejoker]

Thank you Dutch. Also every kid should look at cells through the lens of a microscope. It's so cool to look at the cells at a personal level.

[@grimreefer9324]

I cannot believe the origin behind the name "cells" was because some dude looked at cork really close and thought "That looks like a monk's room lol"

[@KevinLambertperfected]

I was worried that the Subbable Topic Choices would be jarring and out of place. Labverse and Microscopes are about as perfect as you can get for a sponsor for SciShow. Nice to see that not EVERY advertising opportunity is a detraction from content

[@m.igamer90]

The energy and the words, Is this a diffrent language?

[@SuperHeroJay]

The tube that holds toilet paper changed the world

[@juststeveschannel]

Did you see the video where Hank he discovers the tubeless roll of toilet paper? I think it was at KZbin or Google Headquarters at a conference on educational video, but I can't find it right now. He was quite impressed and delighted.

[@SuperHeroJay]

juststeveschannel I don't think i did :x

[@randommicroscope9135]

Greatest invention known to man lol

[@karlslicher8520]

The idea of placing two lenses in a tube to augment vision is the "invention" bit. It does not matter what use it was envisaged for. A scope is a scope.

[@ozzlicious]

Make a video about what would happen if antibiotics stopped working!

[@otisraymond5]

such a cool video, i'm definitely going to use the intro music at my funeral

[@efrenchen293]

It's weird how people are so creative...

[@r3v1xx]

thanks for posting great videos :)

[@jordanwademeier]

The Dutch, for how geographically small they are, have had a huge impact on the world. They are so bad ass.

[@roadrage9191]

@@Valyssi England got better after William of Orange got involved:)

[@brolixPD]

They're always high

[@freekjegeen8603]

As a dutchman, good job on pronouncing leeuwenhoek :)

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Can you PLEASE!! do an episode on why i feel my phone vibrating when it really isnt!?

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Good topic labverse!

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[@TechLaboratories]

I am in constant awe to the cyclic coevolution of science and technology, with technology making it possible for us to understand more things, and these more things then make it possible for us to make or refine our technology! The microscope is a fantastic example of this!

[@clint-webb]

Next topic: 'Why there is no such thing as a macroscope.' Really, science? Telescope? You had such beautiful synchronicity within arm's reach and you blew it!

[@ErzengelDesLichtes]

Telescopes came first, and were named such in the 1610s. Microscopes came later, and were named in the 1650s. So unless the inventors of microscopes also invented a time machine, it was too late to get the "synchronicity" you want, unless you can come up with a nice inversion of "tele-".

[@clint-webb]

ErzengelDesLichtes I know, I know. It's just such a missed chance. And no, I have no idea what 'close-' in ancient greek is. I flunked that class.

[@keebleflorb6956]

Next: Why do cats like to knock stuff over?

[@OrigixalMatador2]

I LEARN SO MUCH THROUGH THESE VIDEOS

[@CapriUni]

As Emily Dickinson put it: "Faith" is a fine invention When Gentlemen can see- But Microscopes are prudent In an Emergency.

[@PinkChucky15]

I remember the first time i saw a cell through a microscope, it was amazing.

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SciShow you are awesome!

[@rocktheworld2k6]

Microscopes... FOR SCIENCE!

[@bellah6294]

Was just studying this in science! Like a review

[@imausum1]

You learn more watching 4 minutes of sci show than you do a few weeks in school

[@susanfit47]

I own a Microscope. My dad sent me one several years and I'm using it right now.

[@lordseshomaru86]

I NEED a personal scishow lab coat!!

[@sagenhoney]

I concur on the anosmia topic mentioned below, would love to know more :)

[@inkling139]

I actually use a Phase Contrast Microscope (PCM) every day at work. I always get a kick answering the "What do you do for a living?" question because when I reply "I'm a microscopist" the usual response is "Wait, is that even a real word?" lol

[@FrankieSmileShow]

How objective are those lenses, really. . . . .. . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .

[@HanginWithJayden]

So true! This is so good.

[@CaptSumTingWong1]

Thats weird, we just started our chapter on microscopes in biology today!

[@Stevobulfer]

You sir deserve my subscription

[@garrettthompson4000]

Ahhhhhh, 6th grade, I hated my science teacher. But, I loved science

[@jhark515]

Great video

[@thefyrefairy720]

When I was in High school his name was Anton, not Anthony. Was my text book wrong? And yes, I went to high school a long time ago. I can still remember how to tell the difference between boy fruit flies and girl fruit flies. I am such a nerd...

[@englea52]

What is the love for the class of scanning probe microscopes? They can even be made out of legos (thanks MIT).

[@TheRealSkeletor]

At 1:12 Hank makes a brilliant pun. At 2:20 he quotes Aladdin. My life is complete.

[@blowbust0r]

Ide love more info on physics beyond the standard model big fan

[@owenembleton7716]

For a great mind, you could do James watt, Stephan Hawking and Brian cox

[@PartyUpLive]

I bought a microscope a few years ago. Only used it a few times but the times I did I was always amazed at how much you could see using it. I think I should pull it out of the closet and use it again.

[@hcr321]

Great Vid!

[@aletchi361]

You are so good,I am your biggest fan.

[@gracew7275]

0:31 actually, there is no cure for polio. There are however means of prevention, which is probably to what you're referring. The introduction of the inactive polio vaccine (IPV) in 1955 eventually led to the eradication of the disease from the United States. I just researched polio for a school project, so I just thought I'd point that out.

[@nicolemastnak6865]

Hi Hank! How do we purchase a personalized SciShow lab coat? I am a science professor and would love to sport on in my biology labs this fall! Thanks!

[@rmt0913]

Here's an idea for an episode... what is a picture maid up of?

[@aletchi361]

Best vids ever!!!👊😽

[@jasper-in9lp]

2:18 *A WHOLE NEW WOOOOOOORLD* only disney lovers can relate

[@decourtennicolas]

Only with a powerful telescope could one see the fucks I give about who invented the telescope. Jk, I just wanted to do a telescope joke. This show rocks;)

[@astrophysicslair1445]

Speaking of the microscopic world, I think you guys should do a video on quantum theory. You know like how a atom can be in two places at once and when you look at an electron it acts differently then when you don't watch it.

[@fuckthisshiat]

lol if you're really interested in superposition there are a few videos already out there, just look around on youtube.

[@astrophysicslair1445]

fuckthisshiat But those videos are not as good as scishow

[@alexandra3673]

Since it's tommorow, do you know what Mardi Gras beads are made of? What sort of chemicals can be found in them? Anything... Dangerous?

[@tamedZombie]

Make a video about multi-tasking plz!

[@obeytweety]

what a nice surprise seeing hank in this video

[@Three_Cubed]

I know another tube that changed the world, You(tube)

[@Nabend1402]

Indeed. Before KZbin, if you wanted to call someone you didn't even know "gay" or tell them about your supposed sexual affair with their mother, you had to pick a number out of the phone book and call them. KZbin really streamlined that whole process. So many innocent people would have gone un-insulted without it.

[@lilkitten545]

***** haha that made me laugh :) If not youtube, there's always facebook, if not facebook there's some other site, but I do agree that KZbin seems to attract some assholes

[@Nabend1402]

Yeah. And how nice it is, therefore, that channels associated with the Green brothers and Nerdfighters so clearly attract a below average number of said assholes.

[@Nabend1402]

Re Oh yeah, you wanna start something? Your parents are no close relations and have passed only their best genes on to you!

[@lilkitten545]

***** All channels do really, especially those with high traffic :/ Check out D-news and their dumbasses or any political channel

[@MichaelThomas-oo8iu]

I invented the microscope in 1957 along with chemistry sets and the telescope. I invented the first poiio vacine killed Virus with Sabin in Grosse Pointe Woods Mi.and sugar cube vacines in 1963 with Broward county schools ft. Lauderdale Fl.

[@JakeStephensMrJakeStephens]

I think Aladdin would have loved Van Lathan

[@Dewified]

This is a joke... I had an assignment due earlier today that I spent til 2am this morning on microscopes. And this comes out after school. Sci-show just kicked me in the balls and flipped the bird on me.

[@takgrillo]

Speaking of lenses, just a few hours ago me and my friends had a discussion about prescription lenses... Two of my friends work in two diferent vision care businesses, and they're going through different trainings... the question was "using wrong prescription lenses can cause any kind of physical damage to the eye?" They had oposites opinions about it. Besides the headaches (which they both agreed was a consequence) can eyes be directly afected by using wrong prescription glasses? I'm just a fan on science, and fan of the show, and I thought it was an interesting question, i have my opinion, but maybe you guys can go deeper and give us some clarity :) Thanks

[@biswajitsahoo3244]

Very interesting

[@marthastokeworth9956]

Damn! can't believe I remember this since elementary school ! :O

[@ethancowgill6142]

I love the title.

[@thedoctor2102]

So could it be theoretically possible to build an electron microscope using some of the components from a couple of old CRT televisions (or dare I say a microwave or two) for the electron beam/s.?.

[@doesntpertain]

Why no mention of petrographic microscopes, a major part of mineralogy and geology. They do some neat things with some simple parts.

[@SotraEngine4]

Gram colored bakterias at 200x is an incredible view. We can see it only because of the microscope.

[@Mercy_Moon]

Finally! Something I know!

[@nriver38]

Plz make a video on nanotechnology!!

[@latex1392]

When your dutch and someone else pronounces like dutch names it often is funny like watching people try to sing Let it go in multilanguage. Still he did it great :D

[@coln7334]

But what is it use for? Only living thing? Can you use to examine paper clip something like that??

[@justinouellette1366]

Tell 'Labverse' they still have the "lorum ipsum" near the bottom of their page... their contacts don't have webmaster as an option...

[@Whatever8319Xbox]

i did this in science for school

[@rayanali5947]

this guy is really different in every video

[@Kosmopoli]

Recently had to prove to my classroom why my scientist (Anton Van Leuvdhsklfj) was the most important to the world and of course Anton won over some other scientists like Galileo, Celsius, Fahrenheit, Jenner, etc

[@MohammedHasanTHEYUGIOHMASTER]

fascinating........... well that is a few years ago this was just a review for me though

[@queenbo6634]

Hotty is the tube that saved the world hooty!!!!

[@gabrielpurcea]

Please! make a cours about microscopy. Merci

[@frostyuri9685]

Could we ever in the history of humans use the force to kill someone due to air pressure

[@Andrewsarcus]

P • NP Problem : tell us about NP problems and why they are so difficult. Also some of the attempts to get faster algorithms e.g. Karatsuba algorithm

[@nerysstuart4210]

so i have music in another window with this on mute, wearing headphones so my mom thinks im studying but im actually doodling

[@nerysstuart4210]

wait dear god my teacher sent this video to me via email what if she sees this

[@sagenhoney]

and hooray for glass, because without that we wouldnt have the microscope or telescope. I saw a great tv doc once on glass; thought it was Modern Marvels, but cant find it.