What Does An Electron Look Like When You Rotate It?

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Idea for 3D print of electron spin is from this video. He makes some beautiful wooden ones: • Demonstration of Spin 1/2
I talk about electron spin and spin 1/2 particles and what they look like when you rotate it. I show you the Dirac Belt Trick.
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[@TheActionLab]

Thanks to @lloydwatts60 for the design idea for the gears! Checkout his video with a wooden version and more insight into spin 1/2 (link in description)

[@VideoMakesMeHappy]

He did a video of this a year ago.

[@patrybc8843]

I was thinking, "wait a minute, deja vu??"

[@pratikdedhia]

I was thinking why haven't you mentioned about that video in your video. You put it here..

[@Dismythed]

You forgot to credit PBS Spacetime for the electron spin video.

[@MamtaKumari-mi4lg]

Hey copied someone on youtube but your videos reach more people. And Science has no copyright on it . DUH!!

[@ShortHax]

Electron spin be like: Imagine a ball and it’s rotating except it’s not a ball and it’s not rotating

[@TheUnderscore_]

Seems legit enough

[@Hecarim420]

But actually u can make "abstract image" that u will collerate with this. It's good to watch all of kinds videos on one topic and even better when u mix it with math. Because in the end it's all math :v (with some philosophy)

[@riccardob9026]

Quantum mechanics in a nutshell

[@FleshWizard69420]

I imagine them as spheres of influence teleporting around an atom so fast you don't know where it is

[@frenzygaming1]

I understand it...

[@CaravaggioRoma]

The thing of the belt actually caught me completely off guard!

[@JoeySonal]

Check out some more Topology demonstrations! They're mind bending, truly.

[@trigonzobob]

I tried it myself and it caught me with my pants down.

[@iloveplasticbottles]

It was quite the twist!

[@darthdr3]

@@KZbinr-dq3ko yeah because its an illustration.

[@DL-kc8fc]

@@KZbinr-dq3ko The microworld has no analogous function in the macro world. Schrodinger and his cat have already pointed this out, which in fact demonstrated that the microworld cannot be projected into the macroworld. Only in sci-fi is Schrodinger's cat misunderstood when quantum properties are applied in the macroworld and endless stupidity arises.

[@huawafabe]

The Stern-Gerlach-Experiment is my favourite physics experiment 😅 It was conducted by 2 germans in 1922 (Stern and Gerlach). They were actually about to give up the experiment, but then the Reichsbahn (german railway) cancelled their drive home from Frankfurt, so they gave it another shot at night. It was later found out that the experiment only worked because they smoked heavily inside the laboratory, which would be insane nowadays 😂 The smoke caused the screen to make the 2 dots visible.

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And what makes it even more confusing, is that since Gerlach was German, he was also stern. ;-)

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@@kwaherikwasasa Stern is the German word for star 😂

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My favorite experiment is the Wheelers delayed-choice-quantum-eraser experiment.

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nice to know..

[@self-proclaimedanimator]

Man electrons are like the USB port You put it straight don't fit flip it don't fit flip it again don't fit flip it again fits

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Yea

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Ironically the flow of them is why they even exist... 🤔

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@@KZbinr-dq3ko Just a simulation

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I actually agree with this observation.

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Bravo sir

[@shadow_entity9191]

Kudos to the people who walked around electrons to tell us about this.

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😂

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Ya he did cut it was so easy to see the cut

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@@KZbinr-dq3ko Bruh thanks capt obvious

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@@KZbinr-dq3ko thats not the point ofc he cut the video bc how else would this happend. This is just example to show how electrons work so it doesnt matter but yes u are correct

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@@KZbinr-dq3ko no shit

[@elNathNY]

This is my favorite action lab video. I have been thinking about electron spin for sometime now and have been showing my kids a slightly different version of 720° rotation using a plate that I hold in my hand. I rotate the plate palm up two full turns without dropping it and without twisting my arm off. The kids find it fascinating that one can do that kind of rotation.

[@kanib.7928]

Lol. I just acted out the rotation. That was cute. Thanks for sharing! 😊

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Yep, videos about quantum are the best!

[@sebbes333]

It feels like the electron spin have some similarities to a *Mobius Strip* where you also need to complete 2 full "rotations" of the strip to return to the same side at the original position.

[@krisreddish3066]

That is the gist of it or the mobius strip is a macro world version of a path approximated by a spinor.

[@anupgautam2849]

Is it true

[@jesserobinson9674]

Might be off the mark a little but feels as though it may be something to do with fundmental characteristics of spacial dimensions. Almost non euclidean.

[@jesserobinson9674]

And of course because its quantum, there's no classical comparison 😅

[@jesserobinson9674]

Or like a point particles interaction with spacial dimensions, Idk it's on the edge of my comprehension 😂

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They are entertaining and educational at the same time...

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The Belt trick is amazing like all of your explanations ❤

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You make physics much more simple with easy world visuals. Thank you.

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Always making amazing content.

[@Kislashe]

Thank you so much ! After many years looking for a way of understanding spin it is the first time I do. Not even in my native language.

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Basically he's NileRed but it's more physics. His voice is also extremely similar to NileRed and Brandon Farris.

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Niles voice is lower though

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So nice to see and understand concepts about electrons.🙏😊

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The first rotation was flawless but I saw slightly in the second one. Clever cinematography. I love how you always throw a trick in there or two. 😁

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Amazing expression!

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Ah yes expression

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Experiment xD

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Excellent video as always. I learn a lot from this channel. Thanks and kudos to you.

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That was a very well hidden jumpcut at 1:00! The talking over hides it so well

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Ikr

[@GooogleGoglee]

This was extremely interesting even tough I would love to have mote insight and background to better understand it

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I love that you mentioned the The Stern-Gerlach experiment, and your insightful question and answers at the end! They were perfect follow up questions! Please continue to add questions and answers that reveal a deeper understanding to all your videos!❤❤❤👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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You are simply fantastic ! Thanks a lot for all the extremely creative videos you make.

[@zeroroguer]

Very good illustrations. Thanks!

[@victormultanen1981]

I love this explanation on electron rotation topic

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3:45 It helps to say if you twist the belt 720 degrees clockwise you have to go under the book clockwise as well.

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That was a really cool way to explain it ❤️ you should do more of this

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I think that was a splendid explanation. Thanks for putting this on here.

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I enjoyed the editing SO MUCH!!!

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Soo informative!. Thanks champ!!

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That was impressive as always. Thank u

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Those are some clean jump cuts. Bravo!

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The t-shirt you wear being on point with the subject, love the details you put in your videos !

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Belt trick awesome Gears awesome explanation . Love you channel!

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Amaizing explaination bro.

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This is the best video so far explaining electron spin

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Belt twist untwist is so cool!! And I understood it!! (May try it myself tonight!!)

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thx m8... great information!!!

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Nice…. Truly creative ways of demonstrating the difficult to demonstrate

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I thought those controversies were cleared up while ago?

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To get the point you can play the "Antichamber" - a short (relatively) indie puzzle game . It has a lot of wierd perspective, spacial, non-flat topology stuff and etc. like impossible rooms and geometry.

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This was lovely

[@Nefville]

You would think if you have to spin an electron twice to get back to the initial state that just maybe 360 degrees for you and 360 degrees for the electron are not the same. Perhaps there are more or less dimensions that an electron interacts with and that is the cause of the strangeness. As in it would take an electron longer to rotate through 4 dimensions, versus your 3.

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Great thought 👍

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I don't think dimensions work like that

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the level of the topics is getting deeper and more interesting every time

[@Lucas-nu4du]

Thanks! We are studying HNMR (but from Morrison and Wade book, instead of Carey wich appeared in the video 😆) and we had to study spin and how it acts inside a magnetic field.

[@WishPL]

book and belt trick blew my mind.

[@calebk1841]

Thanks! next time I happen go around an electron I'll keep this in mind

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Amazing!

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My brain exploded with madness when I saw the belt illustrations. And that's not even me exaggerating. Right on!!!

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this is amazing

[@Scrungge]

This was one of you more complicated videos (for me as a layman) but with some background on magnetism (and the link with unpaired electrons in orbitals) the video is definitely comprehensible.

[@acscp125]

This is also called the Dirac belt trick. This Is a really nice demonstration!!

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Genius as always

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1:09 was a jumpcut, but it was so seamless, I hardly noticed I wish video games loaded cutscenes and new maps like that

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sorry, but rendering doesnt work like that

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@@citratune7830 can you explain to me why?

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I swear, I never watched a better video explaining the behaviour of electrons

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8:49 wow this is relativity all over again I love it!

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Action Lab: Grabs belt. Me: *Breathing intensifies*

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That belt trick was quite the twist!

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[@nullow7718]

you: what happens when you spin electrons me: electricity

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Nice trick

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Nice model for spin half particles

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Belt trick is insane. This man always gives the fact.

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very cool¡¡¡¡ I want to know how you did the trick of the white ball

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A pretty good description of something that is more or less impossible to describe.

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This used to bugged me in High School. Thanks for the explaination.

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Very interesting

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I got so perplexed by your belt trick that I had to then call one of those Better Help therapists to bring me back to sanity.

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Did a 360 in my room. Interior changed.

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You have to do 3 360 turns saying Bloody Mary with the lights out lol

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[@GetMoGaming]

The way you describe this is as if it's a real physical feature of the universe. Viewers should know - it's not. It's another workaround devised by theoretical magicians to get the data to make sense. That's quantum mechanics in a nutshell. It's a very accurate tool.

[@slusheewolf2143]

Of course, I'm intelligent to understand that lol What I can't understand and why I'm probably really bad at physics in general, is HOW AN OBJECT ISN'T ROTATING, but it looks like it is. The only way for that to happen is if something is rotating or moving around the electron, giving the illusion of movement.

[@GetMoGaming]

@@slusheewolf2143 You can't think of it in that way. For it to make sense, you must forget the classical form of a spinning object and accept it as a quantum property. -from Wikipedia: "While the question of whether elementary particles actually rotate is ambiguous (as they appear point-like), this picture is correct insofar as spin obeys the same mathematical laws as quantized angular momenta do"

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After seeing the belt trick, this may explain how easy a slinky can be tangled and now we have a way to undo what seams impossible with a double overlap. To the stairs.

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A fantastic analogy on the tip of the proverbial iceberg that is quantum mechanics! I had to proctor my first quantum mechanic class, this level of counter intuitive “non-relativistic”reality takes a bit of time to wrap one’s head around. So to be able to explain it simply takes some considerable effort. Hell, I remember just the introduction to quantum mechanics changed my perspective of what is “reality”. Anyway, very cool vids my dude!

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Not gonna lie this is way better than sitting in your classroom 😂😂

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Cool vid! Sponsor ads should be at the start or end of the content to prevent interference or distraction in learning interesting advanced physics ideas. Thanks for your attention.

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Best visual assumption of electron spin on the Internet.

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Tysm

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Whoa, now I get it!

[@gluino]

Can you really walk around an electron if electrons don't ever sit still? 8:22 Can you show a drawing or animation about rotating apparatus and observing the wave function change?

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The wave function of a particle is not an observable. The resulting interference of two particles on a detector as a result of out of phase wave functions is.