I think you are an amazing inspiration. Hearing how you struggled with the maths, had issues with academics period, makes getting over the fear of failing and pressing on that much easier. To see what an amazing teacher and human being you've become, inspires thousands that even though they might not be gifted or perfect ~ they are nonetheless capable of reaching their dreams. Thanks for being a beacon of hope.
One of my Chemistry lectures a few weeks ago had a PeriodicVideos video in it, demonstrating a particular chemical reaction. I love that this channel is even being used by others as a teaching aid.
Dear Professor P., I am now an academic teaching chemistry and loving it. I even give my dux students a copy of SI chemical data, just as my high school teacher many years ago did for me. I'm loving my profession and you have inspired me to return to my high school and give a talk to the young students who hopefully some of which will follow in a similar incredible journey of the love of Chemistry and science in general. Keep up the fantastic work with your team and Brady.
Hi, I'm a student from Brazil and I just want to say you are awesome, Professor Poliakoff. I seek to get a degree in Engineering but I haven't decided yet if it is Chemical Engineering or Civil Engineering, and Periodic Videos is changing a lot the way I see Chemistry. Keep on the amazing work, you guys are just fantastic. Thank you.
Prof. Poliakoff, i can promise you that the students will always feel more than at home at your lectures, you are a delightful speaker and an even greater teacher! Thank you so much for all the videos, i just hope that one day i will be lucky enough to attend one of your lectures in person.
I hope the close to his speech had an impact on the students and others in the audience. They are the future and we can only hope they are as passionate about chemistry as the professor.
A decade ago I went and visited my elementary school (years 1-5, age 5-10) All the faculty had moved on, retired, or passed away. All the rooms of the hundred year old building had been painted and rearranged or rebuilt - but they were all still there. Something about the geometry of the rooms, the smells of the old wood and brick brings it all back. It's quite a journey, and I'm glad you found a little of the heritage still kicking around!
Gas burettes have a stopcock at the top. They are filled with a liquid and the bottom is attached to a reservoir for this liquid. Gas is volume is measured by the amount of liquid displaced.
No, Professor, you are not almost dead. You travel around the world, you are connected to over 200,000 subscribers, giving them short lectures about chemistry and your life as a chemist as well. I'd say you are pretty alive ^^
To those who have a slight issue with Dr.Poliakoffs' advantagous early education, realize that it is not how you start that is the best indicator of success, but how you finish. Dr.Poliakoff has become a rather iconic person (at least to me) due to his work with these videos. He does not seem to have air of pride or hubris, but he seems humble and reserved, and someone who has generously received and is now generously giving.
In high school chemistry we learn that it's all about doing the experiment and getting at least some results, whether you broke the equipment and failed the experiment or not.
That is how we were taught in schools like that. I was grammar school educated: we wrote up our experiments using past impersonal, with a very rigid structure to the report. The idea was, because we were at such a school, that wewould go on to become scientists or engineers or medical practitioners and so on.
This is a gem. You're going to end up with an interesting and perhaps priceless video archive. (Not to mention a nice little caravan complete with pilot.)
50 or so years & your old lab notebooks look to be in near-perfect condition. That was beautiful to see. I'm definitely going to take much, much more care of my notebooks from now on.
In the 70s, I was a master control operator at a TV station. The M/C op was the person who loaded the tapes, films, etc, then pushed the buttons to create the on-air programming. If what went out wasn't exactly what was specified in the program log, we had to describe it in the "discrepancy report." Often, the problem was due to my screw-up. Any error wouldn't get you into trouble, as long as you reported it accurately. I mastered the art of reporting it impersonally, eg,"due to operator error."
Brilliant. It's bizarre but tens of years later after almost failing chemistry at Uni level, I still dredge up basic physical and organic chem facts for my kids.
Thanks Prof (and Brady) ! Great to see your old school days. I was just 11 when you were 13 so you would have been one of the big boys! It brought back memories of my chemistry teacher "Piggy" Wilson. Not nearly such a nice man as as your kind teacher Prof. More than once he punished the whole class with a cane or sometimes a length of Bunsen tube for some misdemeanour or other. Anyway I got my O-level GCE! Thanks for the memories. :-)
It boosts my confidence knowing even a great master of Chemistry like the Professor had a few problems during his education. It gives me a little hope that my last Calculus II exam won't ruin my future. lol
But, these videos here on the internet make up for my poor education. Every waking moment; every weekend sacrificed sleeplessly, so that I can learn everything I possibly can. That impossible will to learn is present in me, and videos like this are a godsend to an aspiring Doctorate without parental approval, living in a horrid place like florida.
I'm sometimes aksing myself, why I didn't always understand the simplest things in chemistry, back in school. Today I study chemistry. Thanks to my teachers :)
The experiments and chemistry he used to do is much more interesting than what is taught at schools at the moment (even 1st year undergraduates don't do stuff like this)
Im going to guess its a combination of rapid fracturing due to rapid thermal expansion, which releases the elastic energy, coupled with rapidly vaporizing water pushing the matter away
The only full lecture linked to there is the Nyholm lecture. Perhaps you should check what the links direct you to before claiming one of them links to the full Tizard lecture?
I think you're right. We need a generation who, instead are overprotected, are given exciting and inspiring lessons. Let a kid break a beaker once in a while and he'll respect the strength of glass. Let a kid ignore your instruction and touch a hot plate and they'll be safe with ovens and stoves for life.
That's unfortunate : / In Norway you do experiments in year 8, 9 and 10 of Elementary School (the year you turn 14, 15 and 16 respectively). Of course, it depended on the funding and the teacher, but we had a really cool teacher, and did some neat experiments like making H2 gas, messing about with acids and bases, and tons of other stuff. Of course, there was boring experiments too, like how much salt can be dissolved in x amount of water.
I think people would be much more interested in chemistry if they did these type of experiments at thirteen now days. I wasn't required to do any experiments at that age its a shame.
I feel such a profoundly deep depression to hear him mention that he went to this school between the ages of thirteen and seventeen, partly because I'm proud of him, and another part owed to the simple fact that I never got a chance to do this. Entering high school, I had this incredible system outlined, in which I would be able to graduate and move on at the ripe old age of thirteen, in my freshman year. One must take all six classes as Dual Enrollment-advanced placement. -Continued in reply
Been trying to figure out what the medal is that Martyn is wearing. Searching for royal society fellows i cant find any except the rumford medal, but he hasnt been awarded that. He has a nyholm medal and a meldola medal but none of them look like it. What is that? :)
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His teacher is in remarkable condition for a guy who is around 90. They look like they are the same age.
Professor Poliakoff only got 6/10 - there is hope for the rest of us yet!
the way he said "almost dead" made me laugh out loud. He's such a genuine person and so funny in his simple and enthusiastic way...
What the hell, his teacher should be like 90 years old or something ,but he looks younger than the professor!
Came for the hair. Stayed for the science.
He sounds half disgusted and half smug the second time he says, "6 out of 10." Hilarious.
If he is 65 then how old is his teacher?
I think you are an amazing inspiration. Hearing how you struggled with the maths, had issues with academics period, makes getting over the fear of failing and pressing on that much easier. To see what an amazing teacher and human being you've become, inspires thousands that even though they might not be gifted or perfect ~ they are nonetheless capable of reaching their dreams. Thanks for being a beacon of hope.
One of my Chemistry lectures a few weeks ago had a PeriodicVideos video in it, demonstrating a particular chemical reaction.
I love that this channel is even being used by others as a teaching aid.
Dear Professor P., I am now an academic teaching chemistry and loving it. I even give my dux students a copy of SI chemical data, just as my high school teacher many years ago did for me. I'm loving my profession and you have inspired me to return to my high school and give a talk to the young students who hopefully some of which will follow in a similar incredible journey of the love of Chemistry and science in general. Keep up the fantastic work with your team and Brady.
Hi, I'm a student from Brazil and I just want to say you are awesome, Professor Poliakoff. I seek to get a degree in Engineering but I haven't decided yet if it is Chemical Engineering or Civil Engineering, and Periodic Videos is changing a lot the way I see Chemistry. Keep on the amazing work, you guys are just fantastic. Thank you.
Prof. Poliakoff, i can promise you that the students will always feel more than at home at your lectures, you are a delightful speaker and an even greater teacher!
Thank you so much for all the videos, i just hope that one day i will be lucky enough to attend one of your lectures in person.
The joy you have for your work comes through in all your videos. Thanks for making learning so much fun and for sharing bits of your life and career.
i wouldn't say younger, but they do look around the same age.. his teacher must have been pretty young when he was in his class..
"65 is very old, almost DEAD!" made me lol
What a fantastic public face for science the Prof is.
Given a wonderful stage upon which to play by Bradey.
Always a pleasure seeing the Professor explain things. I still remember my old school...
I hope the close to his speech had an impact on the students and others in the audience. They are the future and we can only hope they are as passionate about chemistry as the professor.
i love this guy he inspires everybody
professor polyakov is so kind and gentle :) love him!!
4:14 - "From Test Tube to RUclips"... Damn! That's a good one!
Brady, you're really good at documenting these things! Give Professor Poliakoff my regards.
For some reason today, I keep finding a bunch of youtubers who I am subscribed to... you included. So, hi! Really enjoy your stuff!
Martyn's teacher was very generous to give him 6/10 when he destroyed the experiment completely.
A decade ago I went and visited my elementary school (years 1-5, age 5-10) All the faculty had moved on, retired, or passed away. All the rooms of the hundred year old building had been painted and rearranged or rebuilt - but they were all still there. Something about the geometry of the rooms, the smells of the old wood and brick brings it all back. It's quite a journey, and I'm glad you found a little of the heritage still kicking around!
Gas burettes have a stopcock at the top. They are filled with a liquid and the bottom is attached to a reservoir for this liquid. Gas is volume is measured by the amount of liquid displaced.
(waving dismissively) it now has something about art on it... love it
Professor Martyn Poliakoff is slowly becoming my favorite character on these channels.
A peek into professor poliakoff's life and thoughts. I enjoyed it very much, thank you
Those notes are so neat!
What a beautifully made video on such an amazing subject! Brilliant!!
if i ever get the chance to go to the UK, i would love to meet Professor Martyn Poliakoff.
No, Professor, you are not almost dead. You travel around the world, you are connected to over 200,000 subscribers, giving them short lectures about chemistry and your life as a chemist as well. I'd say you are pretty alive ^^
I wish I had such chemistry teacher.
That is an amazing penmanship!
The professor gives me inspiration
I'm a bit suspicious about that technician Mr Watts. ( 0:31 ). The Professor mentions he did some glass blowing...
To those who have a slight issue with Dr.Poliakoffs' advantagous early education, realize that it is not how you start that is the best indicator of success, but how you finish. Dr.Poliakoff has become a rather iconic person (at least to me) due to his work with these videos. He does not seem to have air of pride or hubris, but he seems humble and reserved, and someone who has generously received and is now generously giving.
Holy crap, he looked very similar at 13-17 to the way he does now.
In high school chemistry we learn that it's all about doing the experiment and getting at least some results, whether you broke the equipment and failed the experiment or not.
For a 15 years old, he sure had his way with words ! I was shit at making sentences at that age.
"Something about art on it" lol
That is how we were taught in schools like that. I was grammar school educated: we wrote up our experiments using past impersonal, with a very rigid structure to the report. The idea was, because we were at such a school, that wewould go on to become scientists or engineers or medical practitioners and so on.
This is a gem. You're going to end up with an interesting and perhaps priceless video archive. (Not to mention a nice little caravan complete with pilot.)
50 or so years & your old lab notebooks look to be in near-perfect condition. That was beautiful to see. I'm definitely going to take much, much more care of my notebooks from now on.
I wish everyone who taught me was this passionate about what they do. Bravo.
Indeed. The good professor is immortal by his work with Periodic Videos.
This is wonderful. I did the Mg burning in college labs as well.
The prof has such neat handwriting.
Chemistry class was a lot more complicated back then!
Today it's mostly applying math and formula silliness.
Wow, his handwriting is awesome!
In the 70s, I was a master control operator at a TV station. The M/C op was the person who loaded the tapes, films, etc, then pushed the buttons to create the on-air programming. If what went out wasn't exactly what was specified in the program log, we had to describe it in the "discrepancy report." Often, the problem was due to my screw-up. Any error wouldn't get you into trouble, as long as you reported it accurately. I mastered the art of reporting it impersonally, eg,"due to operator error."
His hand writing just made me go WOAH. It's like those Harry Potter writings O.O
Your former teacher looks so young; I would not have said he was over 55.
The professor still has many years ahead of him,he is not even close to death.
He was rockin' the same haircut back then too! Awesome!!
Any chance we might be able to see the lecture he gave?
Brilliant. It's bizarre but tens of years later after almost failing chemistry at Uni level, I still dredge up basic physical and organic chem facts for my kids.
Thanks Prof (and Brady) ! Great to see your old school days. I was just 11 when you were 13 so you would have been one of the big boys! It brought back memories of my chemistry teacher "Piggy" Wilson. Not nearly such a nice man as as your kind teacher Prof. More than once he punished the whole class with a cane or sometimes a length of Bunsen tube for some misdemeanour or other. Anyway I got my O-level GCE! Thanks for the memories. :-)
Love the videos you guys make. I always come out of one having learnt at least a little bit! Thanks for making all these amazing videos!
How can anyone thumbs down this video? "That's inconceivable!!!" Just goes to show how some people are though... great video Professor and Brady!
It boosts my confidence knowing even a great master of Chemistry like the Professor had a few problems during his education. It gives me a little hope that my last Calculus II exam won't ruin my future. lol
But, these videos here on the internet make up for my poor education. Every waking moment; every weekend sacrificed sleeplessly, so that I can learn everything I possibly can.
That impossible will to learn is present in me, and videos like this are a godsend to an aspiring Doctorate without parental approval, living in a horrid place like florida.
His lab notebook is so much neater than mine damnnn.
His penmanship when he was 13 is 200 times better than mine is or most likely will ever be :(
I love the work you guys do.
very interesting trip back in time for him and us too. even back then he had the same hair.
The prof's hair is art, he managed to mix science and art in a single person
Holy crap, that was his handwriting when he was 13!!!
Dayum...I gotta take a leaf outta this guys book, his chemistry practical to be precise.
I'm sometimes aksing myself, why I didn't always understand the simplest things in chemistry, back in school. Today I study chemistry. Thanks to my teachers :)
The experiments and chemistry he used to do is much more interesting than what is taught at schools at the moment (even 1st year undergraduates don't do stuff like this)
John Decollibus. The person with perhaps the most beautiful script at the moment, he's an absolute master of calligraphy.
I know! Perhaps Brady should start a new channel about calligraphy. I would certainly subscribe. :)
Thanks - I always enjoy your vids!
Those notes he showed as a 13 year old :O They are so neat compared to notes that are made my students nowadays, even for a University student :S
because it is easier to say, and if you are doing an experiment and the atom doesnt split or bond with anything it is altogether as one particle
i agree.. never done any chemistry experiments in high school. we just spoke about it.. being practical helps
The word particle has a more universal usage; You could talk about dust particles all the way down to particles within an atom (quarks, electrons...)
will you show us the entire Tizard memorial lecture ?
"Almost dead!"
Perish the though, Professor. On this series, you show us a richer and more active life than I've had in all my 27 years.
Im going to guess its a combination of rapid fracturing due to rapid thermal expansion, which releases the elastic energy, coupled with rapidly vaporizing water pushing the matter away
ah yes this takes me back
The only full lecture linked to there is the Nyholm lecture. Perhaps you should check what the links direct you to before claiming one of them links to the full Tizard lecture?
I wish I could come to england!
I like how he describes his age as "almost dead" @ 3:09
Wow now I am ashamed that I threw away my chemistry notebooks after I graduated.
Very much fun to watch!
65 is almost dead? I thought 95 was almost dead. Dude, you got thirty more years to go. :-)
I love you old man!
The gases, dissolved in wotar.
Wow Professor :) Your handwriting was quite neat at such young age.
his hair is still really fluffy as a kid... hehe!
I think you're right. We need a generation who, instead are overprotected, are given exciting and inspiring lessons. Let a kid break a beaker once in a while and he'll respect the strength of glass. Let a kid ignore your instruction and touch a hot plate and they'll be safe with ovens and stoves for life.
That's unfortunate : / In Norway you do experiments in year 8, 9 and 10 of Elementary School (the year you turn 14, 15 and 16 respectively). Of course, it depended on the funding and the teacher, but we had a really cool teacher, and did some neat experiments like making H2 gas, messing about with acids and bases, and tons of other stuff. Of course, there was boring experiments too, like how much salt can be dissolved in x amount of water.
I think people would be much more interested in chemistry if they did these type of experiments at thirteen now days. I wasn't required to do any experiments at that age its a shame.
Wonderful video! I love the professor (:
Without art you wouldn't have anywhere to live as architects are artists too.
His handwriting is incredible.
I feel such a profoundly deep depression to hear him mention that he went to this school between the ages of thirteen and seventeen, partly because I'm proud of him, and another part owed to the simple fact that I never got a chance to do this. Entering high school, I had this incredible system outlined, in which I would be able to graduate and move on at the ripe old age of thirteen, in my freshman year. One must take all six classes as Dual Enrollment-advanced placement. -Continued in reply
Been trying to figure out what the medal is that Martyn is wearing. Searching for royal society fellows i cant find any except the rumford medal, but he hasnt been awarded that.
He has a nyholm medal and a meldola medal but none of them look like it. What is that? :)