ERRATUM: Doug Sweetser was kind enough to point out that I got my tides explanation wrong! Or at least, oversimplified. It turns out it's actually the entire ocean being drawn toward the Earth-Moon line that's mainly responsible for pushing up the two heaps of water that form the tides. Here's PBS SpaceTime's explanation: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oqt3ys1tg5yfmZc.html The way I actually learned it, which bypasses the whole question, is in terms of equipotential surfaces. Add the moon's gravitational potential to Earth's and you see the equipotential surfaces around the Earth stretch out in an egg shape. Allowed to settle, the oceans will slosh around however they have to until they exactly fill an equipotential surface. I tried to simplify this to a description of forces and forgot some important ones!

@jasongarver4452

7 жыл бұрын

Hilariously, this is taught exactly how you explained it, with so many physics undergraduates not really thinking about what's happening. Classical Mechanics by John Taylor at least mentions the huge assumptions needed to work out the problem (He in addition includes Sun's gravity). p.s. very interesting answers to all the questions.

OK, a specific thing that I like about your work: The subtitles! Whether it's (probably) due to my hearing, or simply that I can't process spoken words quickly, I often get frustrated (with OTHER artists) by fast lyrics that I completely don't follow, no matter how hard I try. With your videos, my eyes can easily parse what you're singing, and they help my ears to better enjoy your music, (if that makes ANY sense). As for this video, I wasn't sure, but it seemed like there might've been a bit of an echo, despite your well-appointed studio. The only clue was that huge flat screen to your side; perhaps that was the cause? One thing that I do that seems to work for me personally is to keep my desktop's screen behind my mic, and then the mic sits in an Auralex-lined isolation box, in an attempt to try to block reflections from that side.

- Star Wars or Star Trek? - Firefly! oh, yeeeeee

@karyon1007

7 жыл бұрын

Сухопутная Черепашка My fave part of the video!

I saw you at church yesterday, my mom told me this morning she found your channel. Props to u bc ur pretty cool dude

That background "music" is really distracting. This was an effort to watch.

@tomzalatnai

7 жыл бұрын

Good to know for next time! Thanks :)

@miriamrosemary9110

7 жыл бұрын

I agree. I enjoyed the content, but felt uncomfortable with how the music clashed with his voice. But overall - good job!

@jamman8277

7 жыл бұрын

You're all just really but hurt people. I don't think it's bad.

@tessacyclone6329

2 жыл бұрын

It wasnt painful but it takes more mental powers . If youre not a musician and a sciency person then yeah sure your brain isnt wired to handle it . Its like studying with noise. But i found it funny and the odd laugh got me through it without annoyance .

You asked what in your videos affects me, so here's my answer. I used to have a lot of science friends when I was in college (mostly biology and chemistry). They would talk through science concepts with me as a method of studying. I'm not great at science, so they usually got creative and used metaphors to simplify things for me to understand, but in the process they were cementing the concepts into their own brains. Now that I don't see those friends nearly as often, I've been looking to different KZread channels to teach me new things like that. Yours is one of the most creative, fun to watch, and still really informative channels I've found. Your passion for both science and music definitely comes across in your videos, and it's genuinely good content. I just really enjoy watching passionate people doing creative things. Congrats on 60,000 subs! That's really awesome!

@miriamrosemary9110

7 жыл бұрын

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Just wanna say, my fave videos are the Hamilton and Wicked ones. In part because the collabs you do are great! It's great seeing my favorite science (and other) youtubers doing their singing and science thing. Plus, the base line in the Hamilton video (the bum-badaba-bum-bum-bum) really hits you in the chest and grabs your attention, so great job emphasizing that. It makes you really get drawn into the music and forget everything else. In other words, DRAMATIC music! :)

Congrats dude!

10:00 The thing I like most about your vids is the absolutely mind-blowing amt of science there is in some of them like Bohemian Gravity and the LIGO one.

Hearing what's going on with all the notes in a song at once--that's an amazing ability! I certainly can't, but I find I enjoy further listening to a song over time in that I start hearing things I wasn't focusing on during the first listen. So I can still appreciate.

Congrats on the 60,000 subscribers!!! You definitely deserve it! 👏👏🎉🎉

@acapellascience

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bee!

@electronichaircut8801

4 жыл бұрын

@@acapellascience Can you please explain the things you say in your song parodies? That would be really awesome.

What the heck Tom! Closed 100 tabs trying to figure where that annoying sound was coming from while trying to listen to Tim XD. You're forgiven though.

@technokid1124

4 жыл бұрын

Was edited by tom

Wow. Based on the quality of your videos alone, I thought you had way more subscribers. Really enjoyed the Q&A!

More science facts with Tim please!

@blackbutterfly7788

7 жыл бұрын

CriticalFailGamer +

Congratulations! I watched Crispr Cas9 over and over. It was so catchy. Had no idea what it was about. The next day Crispr was on the news. Chinese doc had injected it in a CA patient. My reaction was wow! A Capella Science!!! I know that! You are doing a great service for our young kids in the name of science. Keep up the good work!

@miriamrosemary9110

7 жыл бұрын

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I love Outbound Probe!

What I appreciate in your videos is the combination of hard work, musical talent, science related content. IOW: Just keep on doing what you are good at! Greetings from Europe!

Whoa, you picked up an entire piano when you were 3, that's really really impressive, I still can't pick up a piano

@annesmith9642

3 жыл бұрын

Tim is really strong.

Yay, thanks for answering my (multiple) questions and ahhh, you're too kind! :) If you're ever able to make it to Europe someday, you should :-) I know my current bucketlist is to see more European wildlife and visit CERN sometime :)

congrats on the 60,000 subscribers! 😁 I'm so happy to see how much the channel has grown!

Congratulations Tim! As a biochemistry teacher I would love to see a video on protein structure :) Cheers!

@tessacyclone6329

2 жыл бұрын

I need that for my exams in a few days lol.

@tessacyclone6329

2 жыл бұрын

You could take one of crash course script and throw it to a song melody or cover . Call it pleated sheets mmmhmmmm Do it to crazy by celo green since the script is by hank green haha.

7:20 - I love that answer.

@acapellascience

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! I think one of the unexpected side-effects of the information age is an innate distrust for appeals to authority. People expect that anything true should be easily found and easily digestible, and when we academics can't figure out how to make that happen we open the door for anyone peddling anti-science "common sense." Our common sense has to be more convincing than their common sense.

Amazing creativity glad I came across your channel!

Congrats for the 60,000+! I'm so impressed by your creativity and the huge amount of work in your videos! VulgarisAction is even more efferveScient with music! I cannot listen to "bohemiam rhapsody" without thinking about your song anymore ! PS : +1 for Firefly ;-)

Tom's editing was fire!

@tomzalatnai

7 жыл бұрын

God bless

I'd be interested in hearing you answer general science questions like you did with the tides and the response to the 11 year old. That as a vlog is pretty interesting.

Congrats on 60,000 subs! That's very exciting, and you definitely deserve it :) Also, what you said about science elitism is great - I've been worrying about that for a long time, and wondering how we as a community of science educators can do something about it!

You deserve a lot more subscribers, keep up the good work!

Congrats on 60,000 subscribers Tim, keep up the amazing talented work!

@emmadanielsson6112

7 жыл бұрын

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I just want to say a huge thank you for putting your songs on Napster. ^◡^ ♡ Even my 9 & 6 year old are excited about it! We love your stuff!!

Not only musically talented and smart, but incredibly strong also! Not many human beings can pick up a piano. (jk)🙄

@Dinoenthusiastguy

7 жыл бұрын

At 3 or 4 no less

Where are you now? I've only recently discovered your channel and want MORE! Please kind sir.

Congratulations on 60k!!!!! Keep it up :):)

If you come in Europe, you must go through Belgium! I don't think we have a lot of sciences but it's a beautiful country to visit!

Since you were asking what we like the most, the thing I love the most about your songs is the lyricism. To me, the video is irrelevant compared to the music/lyrics. I love this channel, keep it up!

While I truly enjoy the hardcore science you sing (which usually requires me to listen like 10 times before fully understanding everything), I would LOVE to see some "basic" science stuff in song form. The old They Might Be Giants "Here Comes Science" album got me excited about science as a child, because they made science fun and easy to understand. And I think you have the talent and opportunity to do the same for this rising generation of nerlings and musical scientists at large. :)

All the single guys here feel your pain

Christmas came early for me!

What a legend.

FIREFLY. I LOVE YOU

Nice Q&A dude! Also which is it really Star Wars or Star Trek?

@acapellascience

7 жыл бұрын

Doctor Who ;)

I think it's time for another Q&A, please Tim.

OMG THE MACCABEATS YAAAAAAAAAS

Im a high school student who is likely going to work at triumf in the form of a co-op, any recommendations for how to prepare?

There were a few mentions of church here, when did you give up your religion? Or if you didn't, how do you match the opposing ideas of science and magic?

you are awesome and I love everything you do!

You've studied at McGill University, do you happen to speak French as well?

2:45 "A whole chunk of little cousins..." Um... anybody else thinking what I am?

Happy holidays Tim :) do you think you might go back to doing physics research some time in the future?

@acapellascience

7 жыл бұрын

Quantum Girl I think there would need to be a real theoretical physics breakthrough to get me to go back. I love understanding the underpinnings of the universe but I don't think I'm super cut out for the research life. With so many passionate geniuses vying for very few academic jobs... they can have it. I got my own thing :)

@acapellascience

7 жыл бұрын

Quantum Girl Happy holidays to you too!

@quantumgirl3047

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the response. I was just curious, because I haven't decided on what I want to do after grad school. Anyways, I hope acapella science keeps growing. Keep up the good work.

For grade school - frames of reference

Thanks! I'm ready for another Q+A, please.

So what's the answer for are you single?

@asihall85

7 жыл бұрын

Painfully

will do

Would you make a song on Cherenkov radiation?

will there be a song about trappist-1? please! please! please!

How the heck do you do these complex arrangements if you can't read music?

@acapellascience

7 жыл бұрын

I usually arrange by recording. I just keep singing parts and tweaking them until it feels right. Sometimes I'll figure out a chord sequence on the piano and convert it to midi data, or compose in the DAW piano roll.

@JamesNewton

7 жыл бұрын

" I just keep singing parts and tweaking them until it feels right. "... wow... that's a tallant right there...

@miriamrosemary9110

7 жыл бұрын

I was curious about this as well! That's encouraging for me, because while I can read music, I feel more comfortable composing by sound and feel. I usually try to figure out how to put it on paper later (which is very time consuming) so that I have a record of it and will be able to play it without trying to figure it out from scratch or just memory next time.

@acapellascience

7 жыл бұрын

I use iPhone voice memos a lot to remember music ideas. It's instant and even if it's badly recorded it's enough that I can figure out what I was doing later.

Hey Tim awesome video as always. Was wondering if you were religious. I can understand if you dont want to answer that because it is somewhat personal.

Why don't you just make a channel to which you teach science on? I would watch every video. Or maybe, you can explain the science in your music videos on this channel and link the video in the description. MERRY CHRISTMAS, by the way!

Have you ever visited the Getty museum in Los Angeles?

hey a firefly fan what is your favorite character.

@acapellascience

7 жыл бұрын

River how is this even a question.

@epicmantaray9830

7 жыл бұрын

but wash is so funny

@IceMetalPunk

7 жыл бұрын

For me, this should be two questions: "Which character do you think is the best, and which character do you like the most?" Because I agree River is the best, but I like Wash more because he entertains the hell out of me :D

@epicmantaray9830

7 жыл бұрын

ok that is a great point i agree fully but with that malcom would win over river for me but on most bad ass river wins by a long shot

There are PLENTY of gradeschool level parody songs on KZread. You have a unique "product". In my opinion at least, stick to it! One very good channel (also in my opinion) is parrmr.

Was the background music Tom's idea? Maybe something a bit more melodic next time lol

@tomzalatnai

7 жыл бұрын

Having background music was my idea, this specific track was Tim's. We'll switch it up next time :)

Can you do Actio and Reactio out of foreigners Action to reaction?

Zont make ze atomic bombz

More chemistry parodys

A comment 2 years later.

So uh. Single or no. The internet demands to know.

@annesmith9642

3 жыл бұрын

"painfully"

Grade school science teachers are always looking for well-produced songs that cover our content expectations. The kids are wild over it and part of the trouble is finding stuff of good quality with comprehensible lyrics. Your work is great but of course the level of knowledge required to understand it is way too high for anybody in grades 6-8.

Would you make a song on Cherenkov radiation?