Professor Poliakoff's Wiggly Giggly

[xpxzampop]

Lol professor do you even have a dog or do you just walking around in dog shops hoping that you'll find a dog toy that looks like a molecule

[Damianingus]

how many paused the video to look at the board...

[ParadoxPerspective]

Proof that people with their 4-year degree in chemistry end up making dog toys for a living!

[ljarabek]

toys for smart boys...

[zurechtweiser]

I like him very much. He symbolizes worldly innocence.

[nilbud]

1st year students, dog toys, seems appropriate.

[1971ojoalparche1971]

When I read the title I thought for a second it was a naughty video with Prof. Poliakoff.

[Films4You]

The Methane gas may also may a noise when rotated, LOL

[bananaphone65]

He's like the Carrot Top of chemistry...

[TheSimonHarris]

@bananaphone65 hahaha

[hoplahey]

My dog was quietly sleeping in a corner, but for some reason went crazy when i watched this.

[zurechtweiser]

@hoplahey what does it look like when your dog goes crazy.

[FortOrdDirt]

i want to go to nottingham

[dreasim]

walkies!

[markakroll]

Why does a snowflake have a 6 sided symmetry, Why is that they all seem to be different. What causes the distinctive geometries and very importantly, how does each of the 6 sides communicate to the other sides what they should look like.

[punishedexistence]

@markakroll Well, as far as I can recall, it has to do with the way water hydrogen bonds with other water molecules in the solid state(usually), they form a hexagon, and this shows up as everything having to do with crystalline water having six sides. It also has to do with the reason water expands on freezing. Water is one of the most interesting molecules yet, in my opinion, so simple, yet such a complicated background. Hope this helps!:)

[dd08880bb]

Genius :D

[DrMarkForeman]

Well I have to confess that I have also used dog toys for teaching students

[PleaseNotAgain1]

Gigity

[puncheex]

The new toy shows the cubic crystal structure of halide (sodium chloride) and galena (lead sulfide) or even pyrite - fool's gold (iron sulfide).  Any mineral with a cubic or octahedral crystal. Useful when teaching about ionic bonds.

[bodinian]

New toy, Sulfur Hexafluoride

[madjimms]

6 sided dildo?

[KsAnNa]

This is why I want to go to Nottingham University.

[kitkitmeow24]

i was thinking if he was teaching a class of students or he was teaching a group of dogs about chemistry

[Akhiloth]

0:39 That explains the sound in the new platinum video when Martyn was digging through his box.

[FLA12]

...the molecules bend and so on *squeak*

[zeeiblob]

wiggly giggly XD

[Lavabug]

The 2nd one looks like it could be a molecule with dsp2 hibrid orbitals.

[reinux]

arf

[jacksawild]

The mark of the genius is in buying the dog toy first and then figuring out how to fit it into his lectures. Simple pleasures seem to amuse great minds, too.

[MediaNexus]

Squeaky atoms :D

[enflame117]

the object at 1:10 could be used to model, for example, sulphur hexaflouride

[1RadicalOne]

I was wondering what the hell that thing was. ;)

[spiralisedcat]

love it the world needs more teachers like that

[YamiPoyo]

@spiralisedcat Agreed

[hla27b]

So professor Poliakoff entertains his students with dog toys. Do they fetch them back? Professor?

[Drag0nfoxx]

The last one looks a bit like a hexafluoride.

[JesusHChrist2000]

Prety sure he probably knows that

[punishedexistence]

I was gonna say that! Sulfur hexafluoride.

[butteredcrumpet]

omg i could swear that link at the end said 'test tube orgy'! I need to get myself down to specsavers!

[TANGONIA]

lmao im starting to tihnk that hes salad fingers

[querida1314]

lol he's kinda cute in a way

[TotalNekro]

@querida1314 I'd jump his bones :)

[Ichvyenichalster]

@querida1314 I know totally right?

[spotlightman1234]

the last one could be sulfurhexaflouride

[asifyoucare41]

my dog looked up with curiousity while i was watching this video. he heard the squeak. apparently, he would like to learn more about chemistry!

[dragonology294]

i think i have a toy which makes sounds like wiggly giggly... it's a tube with some kind of little sound producing device in it... it's not electronical though...i don't really know it for sure.. coz it's like when i was 10 or sumtin... n i also like the sound of it..

[Envergure]

Use the last one as SF6 (or some similar)

[sciencoking]

0:34 the noise of the wiggly giggly is awesome roflolmao

[Ultrasound13]

roflolmao... great use of the english language there.

[sciencoking]

well, most of us germans don´t know the meanings of these shorts anyways so they invent stuff like roflmao or roflolmao... ^_^

[OctopusofKadesh]

Ultrasound13....I guess that's you age, right?

[ElveeKaye]

That first toy makes the funniest noise ever. I want one!

[cube11235]

I wish my chemistry professors were like this man!

[sciencoking]

omg...! u r crazy

but i like crazy scientists

[JeremyBechen]

I want a wiggly giggly now. Not for my dog. For me.

[rookie4619]

this guy seems cool

[goodnm]

Wish I had such brilliant and unpretentious professors.

[100greenbottles]

I have brilliant and umpretentious teachers. My physics teacher rules!

[TaoOfPooh26]

It's clear that he has demonstrated a need. The molecule model kits that students use to make molecules with need to make silly noises! Seriously, that'd be neat. :)

[puncheex]

@TaoOfPooh26: It's certainly what you need with Freshmen, particularly for an 8:00 AM class.

[UnivofNottingham]

Poliakoff is a legend.

[AbedeuS]

Agreed, AMS was my favorite.