The Professor answers more questions

[nirvanaruleforever]

2:55 i think one of his testicles collapses rapidly

[LOSTKILLERDRAENEI]

"Not to mention I like your hair very much"

-Cough all of youtube Cough-

[Intronetz]

Amazing :)

[iownslaves]

someone schooled the indian! ABOUT TIME!

[RapToTheWorld]

the racist indian think his hair is funy?

[BirdValiant]

For once I'd like to see a video get to 1000 likes, 0 dislikes. Almost halfway there.

[3doog]

@BirdValiant I'm tempted to press dislike

[zurechtweiser]

@BirdValiant Why does this mean so much to you?

[BirdValiant]

I'd like to be carbon because I could make lots of friends and, with them, make almost anything useful.

[kowalityjesus]

@BirdValiant I agree. Carbon is extremely versatile.

[iseesquares]

he likes xenon cause he was getting high off of it lol

[alexdenton02]

I'm starting to think if the Professor had a video without hand gestures I would not understand it as well.

[shidoink]

we got that b roll

[rowanofrin1]

Awesome video (as per usual)

[HRHooChicken]

2:54 - Nervous? xD

[paronfisk]

The last true professor :D

[ajhurliman]

xenon is so troublesome for nuclear engineers though :-(

[perazaroberto2]

are you better teacher .thankyu .

[rbandgh3]

322 likes to 0 dislikes. I'm glad that people appreciate good videos :)

[rageagainstthebath]

Whoa, Prof's afro glows violet now! :D

[BibleBurnr]

LOL @ his answer to the uber nerd white kid towards the end. "...thats a very good question... and thats also a question no body has asked me"

[walnihiram]

give a TED video !!!! :D!!!!!!!!!!!

[Digeridude]

That kid at the end is the Professor's inner child.

[Draxis32]

Xenom is my prefered element as well.

[bodinian]

If my room is too cold, and I have a torch, would it be practical to use the torch to heat up the air in my room rapidly as the heater is warming up? I figured if burning wood was safe then the much cleaner burning alkane gas must be even safer.

[tmmullenhevey]

@bodinian I would advise using a sweater. If results are unsatisfactory, you might change your protocol to include using a parka.

[888Xenon]

The Prof wants to be Xenon, Hell Yeah :D

[iman10000]

I've been curious after your oxygen videos to whether the sky is blue because of blue oxygen, or because of light refraction. Thansk~

[NAMLegolas]

@iman10000 Sky is blue because not only Oxygen but also Nitrogen (~78%) mostly. The atmosphere scatters blue light better than red light. Blue light is indeed reflected from the atmosphere. Red light usually makes it through all they way, This is why on sunrise or sunset the sky is redder, light has to travel through a lot more space in the atmosphere scattering more blue light leaving only the red light for you to see.

[jlspma]

Thumbs up this comment for the nervous indian with his voice cracking at 2:55=)

[carpeinfinitum]

@jlspma He seemed nice though and he asked very interesting questions ^.^

[pompeyjim12]

Was this filmed at Nottingham Uni???

[wacko031290]

@pompeyjim12 no in an indian uni... dunno which one though

[cookiecamp]

@pompeyjim12 says at the begining that it was filmed in india

[NikhilAgl]

@krstcmjns cuz France has got money while India has got brains

[mopsnuf]

yay, no dislike-comments to be made! people seem to love this lol

~Nout

[trickyricky42]

@twilightrubii

But the guy did ask a question...

[eltotoX]

If there's anything I've learnt from chemistry education at periodicvideos is that to make it more fun and didactic you have to have awesome hair.

[spiricn]

I'm a computer science student (last time I learned anything about chemistry was about 7 years ago) and I'm watching professor's videos regularly

Yes he's THAT AWESOME :D !

[Films4You]

Different people learn different ways, anyway.

[RectumPilum]

@Films4You I don't...

[Ivultorky]

Poor guy at the end got cut off before we heard his answer lol.. youtube fame denied.

[chrisofnottingham]

Great vid, the Prof is really good at answering these unscripted questions.

[treemaker300]

this guy is a hero

[Intervene]

Great stuff. Thanks for the videos!!

[notelitten]

Sorry, indian guy got all my attention. I feel horrible for laughing.

[Hotrocks666]

The Carl Sagan of Chemistry. 

[danthemango]

I wouldn't mind a video on just element names.

[jacksawild]

I would like to be the element of surprise. BOO!

[Brothergeorge]

@jacksawild

AHHH!

[Paxmax]

@jacksawild Ah! What's it's number?!!? 42?? or maybe OVER 9000!!

[jeebersjumpincryst]

Thankyou so so much for making and posting!

I have grown to really, really like Prof P.

Periodic is by far my favourite series on all of YouTube!

So good job and please keep up the great work :)

[ALAPINO]

@ 2:15 - Professor P is a total REBEL!!!

[culwin]

I'm sure the professor has done many great scientific works and taught a lot of people at University, but his greatest contribution to me, is these videos!

[anonysquirrel]

What is his name, besides "The Professor"?

[wendighoul]

@anonysquirrel Martyn Poliakoff

[nige213]

I'd like to be elemental. But new and undiscovered and not man made!!!!

[omegahunter9]

If I were an element I would be Ruthenium.

[DreamPharaoh]

A question for anyone here:

Is there a gas that behaves in anyway like a crystal -- as in (even under special circumstances) forms into a crystalline matrix? Could there be a form of piezo-technology established from this?

[kherubiest2]

@DreamPharaoh pylon? ahahah

[fugehdehyou]

MAJOR testie pop at 2:55 LOOOLED so hard

[YaoFromChina]

@fugehdehyou hehehehehehehehehehehehahahaha­hahahahwuahahahahahahhahahlala­lalaahahaha

[Kaiserks3338]

Getting in to University Of Nottingham is my GOAL!

[SluzBag1993]

@Kaiserks3338 I'll double that.

[mvszao]

I would like to be U. Because I'll do good stuff at people if they treat me with respect, but I can be a little explosive somethimes, if they don't know how to 'use' me

[locketom]

2:55 epic voice crack

[eceto123]

i love how u can not know the answer of the question but still be able 2 talk about it XD

[canadafreakazoid]

or unobtainium

[canadafreakazoid]

unobtinium

[steadfast1984]

*5 octaves up* AND...

[nutherefurlong]

Combining individual element names with the history of its discovery and a highlight of its unique properties would be interesting.

[derickhaywood]

WHAT ELEMENT DID THAT KID WANT TO BE !!!!!!

[cavakun]

@derickhaywood yeah! i want to know too!

[correip]

3:29 The guy on the left looks like a young professor

[evnbrw]

@correip thats his grandson DUH! lol jk idk..but ur right he does

[godspeed28]

Please do a video on the things the professor has discovered!

[KoolKidKarl2k8]

Love your videos Prof. Poliakoff! They have taught me many things!

[KittySN]

I wish I had this guy at my university!

[PEA1222]

are you going to make more iTunes U? I would want some for my iPod touch.

[DeanMalenko]

Ha! Freudian reading error. I read the title as "The Professor awesome".. which he is, but it's not the title.

[samuellanckmans]

pure awesomness

[zasx20]

Good news Everyone, i'm in India, and you will be making new videos on the top of a Mountain, enjoy!

[Phacias]

Tell us how did Professor end up in his wife's trousers! :)

[JesperA86]

LOL @ the guy saying he likes the professors hair, oh come on, even if it was not an insult or anything like that is still make people think "what the F is going on", just ask the damn question, dont do any extra fuzz :P

[TheSpankymonkey]

@JesperA86 - Come on, that hair deserves some sort of comment. Even scientists take a fraction of a moment to comment on the silly nature of being alive. It's what stops you being a humourless bore.

[JesperA86]

@TheSpankymonkey You totally missed the point, read it one more time and try if you can understand it this time....

[DeanMalenko]

@JesperA86 "extra fuzz" nice pun. A man with great hair deserves to be told that.

[SuperDanMagic]

where is the professor in this vid ?

[skots]

@SuperDanMagic i think he is in india , but im not sure .

[derickhaywood]

@skots he is in india but now adays he could just as easily be in england

[Probablyacowtbh]

A natural born teacher, so few of those about.

[mangoismycat]

I was just wondering when another vid was going up!

[betterthangrox]

I want to pour florine on this guy to see how he reacts =D

And the poor guy at the end didn't get to say what he wanted to be.

[Brianthehax0r]

@rkefreddyk *facepalm*