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Uploaded by on Feb 8, 2011

Strange-shaped electron orbitals hold the key to chemistry. More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/

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  • @EleVRs "too complicated to be teached in a video like this" and "should be teached right or not at all"

    First, I assume you mean "taught" (as a stickler for getting things right, thought you'd appreciate this!)

    Second, I don't agree that we should ignore a subject because it's complicated. Sure we simplified things (The Prof says this), but I think this a good launching pad to inspire people. A lack of maths knowledge shouldn't preclude people from hearing how mind-blowing this stuff is?

  • I'm running out of hands :D

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  • zooooooom

  • Martyn needs a gripping hand! Get him Dr. Octavio's Backpack of Doom!

  • @SSJkiller No. Don't judge them by movies.

  • @periodicvideos if it comes to math im borderline retarded , but i find all your video's very interesting ! thank you

  • @PieterG159 Thank you, now it is much clear to me.

  • @PieterG159

    also I think sixtysymbols has a good video about the wavefunction.

  • @rycka1983

    They are mathemetical solutions of shrodinger's wavefunction squared, witch can be linked to the probability to find an elektron in the space around the nucleus. Since the wavefunction is a differential equasion, its solutions are functions and when plotted they give you these shapes where you have the highest probability to find an elektron. I'm second year university studying chemistry and I still don't know everything about it, let alone that I can solve the equasion.

  • Mendeleev has an amazing ability to see patterns... oddly, autistic people are apparently unnaturally able to do the same thing... Evolution?

  • @Every1Tubes

    And all the electrons in the theoretical element 534 liked it :)

  • @rycka1983

    I think that's a question for physicists, not for chemists.

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