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  • Опубликовано: 30 окт 2024

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  • @terrencecoccoli524
    @terrencecoccoli524 8 лет назад +41

    I love this guy. Great narrator and storyteller

  • @maxpolaris99
    @maxpolaris99 8 лет назад +21

    I've watched a few of your videos with fascination. I'm an advocate of science in my own little way by trying to support real science and explain why I disagree with the pseudo scientific woo woo that is so popular with some people.
    I managed to complete about two years of a chemical engineering program so I have quite a privileged scientific perspective compared to others with no formal education to speak of in math and science.
    What drives me nuts is when someone honestly and genuinely asks me a perfectly reasonable question like "How do they know how far the sun is?"
    I feel so embarrassed when I cannot give them a reasonable and satisfactory answer.
    Thank you so very much for collecting and bringing this information in such an accessible, straight forward and easy to digest format.

    • @howfarawayisit
      @howfarawayisit  8 лет назад +16

      Your most welcome. I appreciate the note. All my videos are about 'how we know'. I;m glad to see it is having an impact.

    • @teaburg
      @teaburg 7 лет назад +3

      Conquest of Paradise by Vangelis

  • @isabo3556
    @isabo3556 8 лет назад +12

    I am very happy I found this video. Thank you for making it.

  • @retoblubber
    @retoblubber 9 лет назад +9

    nice little touch to add annotations for the conversion from miles into kilometers.

  • @lorinahmed2887
    @lorinahmed2887 5 лет назад +8

    Huge respect for making these videos Sir.

  • @Kelkschiz
    @Kelkschiz 4 года назад +5

    Lovely temperate speaking voice; lovely background music; and filled with awesome images and information. Been greatly enjoying many videos made by you. Thank you!

  • @cd78
    @cd78 9 лет назад +113

    David your videos are a master class. Love the music as well. great job, great education.

    • @PantsuMann
      @PantsuMann 9 лет назад +1

      +Chris Dorman speaking of the music, 8:40 i know I have heard this track before but I cant recall where

    • @howfarawayisit
      @howfarawayisit  9 лет назад +6

      +PantsuMann It is Vangelis' "Conquest of Paradise".

    • @PantsuMann
      @PantsuMann 9 лет назад +2

      Thank you!

    • @gspot5740
      @gspot5740 7 лет назад +1

      PantsuMann

  • @NumbMuzik
    @NumbMuzik 9 лет назад +1

    Just found your videos today from researching the Andromeda. Love the videos keep it up

  • @goobytron2888
    @goobytron2888 10 лет назад +8

    David Butler, your lesson are amazing! In some ways you remind me of Carl Sagan.

    • @goobytron2888
      @goobytron2888 7 лет назад

      ken02 why do you say that? All I know are these videos of him

  • @AshTheMohican
    @AshTheMohican 6 лет назад +9

    It's people like you who should be on the Discovery Channel and National Geographic teaching young and old about astronomy instead of these garbage reality tv shows. Thank you so much for uploading this sir, really appreciated.

  • @JonasGrumby71
    @JonasGrumby71 8 лет назад +92

    Excellent work. I'm going to send this to the flat earthers. ;)

    • @philiproyd6563
      @philiproyd6563 8 лет назад +3

      I was just thinking of something similar that Flat-earthers would have a hay-day with this, and am I quite sure they may have left some comment behind on this video. Perhaps they were the ones that gave all those "thumbs down" for the video!

    • @JonasGrumby71
      @JonasGrumby71 7 лет назад +5

      In His Image - Speed doesn't do ANYTHING to us. Why would it? Only acceleration does something to us. Ever flown in a plane at 500 mph? Do you feel constantly pushed back to your seat? Nope. Is it impossible to walk up the aisle? Nope. Because the movement is constant. You only feel it when accelerating or decelerating.
      All our motions on the spinning and moving earth are constant. No acceleration.

    • @JonasGrumby71
      @JonasGrumby71 7 лет назад +3

      In His Image - Yes, we are on the outside of a sphere, with GRAVITY holding us to the sphere. Earth's gravity is much stronger than any effects from our constant movement.
      Of course the atmosphere spins with the earth. This is because of gravity and friction. Think of a blender with liquid in it. The tiny blade at the bottom gets ALL the liquid spinning, because of the friction of the water molecules against each other. Same with earth's atmosphere, it is pulled by gravity, which causes friction against the ground, and friction all the way up air molecule to air molecule. It would take a counteracting force to PREVENT the atmosphere from spinning with the earth. There is no 67k mph wind because the air moves with us.

    • @NOMAD-qp3dd
      @NOMAD-qp3dd 7 лет назад +4

      VoysovReason It wouldn't matter, they would claim David is some paid shill part of the huge conspiracy to "keep us in the dark" That's what's so tragic about those people, they're beyond educating. But I also think they only exist here on youtube pretty much because they've watched too many videos and went down that rabbit hole.

    • @NativeSonDC
      @NativeSonDC 7 лет назад +11

      This wouldn't do anything to convince flat earthers. There are so many simple things they could do on their own, little children's experiments, that would at the very least disprove their flat earth postulations. But they don't do them because they don't want to face the truth. They could also spend a little cash and fly *nonstop* from Sydney to Johannesburg on Qantas flight 63. According to their flat earth map, Sydney and Johannesburg are 14,500 miles apart, and yet the max range of the airplane (in this case a Boeing 747-400) is 7,300 nautical miles. Hmmm...the plane almost doubles its max range without crashing...every single day! Never mind that the maximum cruising speed of a 747-400 is mach 0.85, or 652 mph, much less than the 1,000+ mph it would have to travel to make the flight on time. Flat earthers are really not into logic, or facts, or simple math.

  • @yaghiyahbrenner8902
    @yaghiyahbrenner8902 4 года назад +3

    Hi, I found your channel a few months ago and watch it every week, incredible work you have done, thank you so much for the detailed engineering analysis.

  • @dynjarren5454
    @dynjarren5454 5 лет назад +12

    Why in the nine hells would anybody give this a thumb down??? This is captivating, educational and brilliant. Man there are 422 really stupid people

  • @AlbertZ
    @AlbertZ 5 лет назад +15

    The best astronomy videos of all the series. I wish you health and happiness.

  • @petermallia558
    @petermallia558 2 года назад +4

    I fall asleep listening to these videos, why, because they're so interesting as well as the way they're narrated is so calming, so smoothly told, so I fall asleep listening to this all the time.
    Thanks Mate.

  • @michaelzaragoza942
    @michaelzaragoza942 9 лет назад

    I am absolutely blown away with this video book. I am still going through it, and am continually impressed with the quality and care I see in every video. I always wanted to know how we could measure distances greater than our solar system, and your method of building the "ladder" explains things in a way that I can understand. I cannot thank you enough for your effort, but I can tell you that your labor of love is very much appreciated!

    • @howfarawayisit
      @howfarawayisit  9 лет назад

      +Michael Zaragoza Examining how we know what we know has been a driving force for my work on these video books. For example, the cosmic distance ladder has always been there for the professional astronomer, but astronomy videos never seemed to reference it. I am pleased to see comments like yours that reinforce one of my key objectives. Thank you.

  • @mr.speyside5240
    @mr.speyside5240 8 лет назад +43

    And people still believe the Earth is still flat...

    • @STHFGDBY
      @STHFGDBY 8 лет назад

      +Angel S It's not Flat !!!? Oh Crap...

    • @whiteandblackzebra7005
      @whiteandblackzebra7005 8 лет назад +9

      +Angel S No human being actually believes the earth is flat. Those that say the earth is flat, are just arguementative people that like to disagree about anything and everything.

    • @mr.speyside5240
      @mr.speyside5240 8 лет назад +4

      +White and Black Zebra There are people who really believe this shit. Flat Earth Society.

    • @Y10Q
      @Y10Q 8 лет назад

      Earth moves at 66,600 mph.
      Weighs 6.660 sextillion tons.
      It is also tilted at 66.60 degrees or 23.4
      If thats not strange, I don't know what is. Well actually, Washington Monument turns out to be 6660 inches tall.

    • @STHFGDBY
      @STHFGDBY 8 лет назад

      +Y10Q 68000 mph

  • @Daionisio
    @Daionisio 5 лет назад +4

    This is awesome. I loved learning about the parallax, and seeing the differences between the geocentric and heliocentric models illustrated. And I loved your sense of humour. You did tons of work and research on this. Keep it up :)

  • @dhoffman4994
    @dhoffman4994 5 лет назад +12

    This guy has a great voice for narration.

  • @peter212
    @peter212 11 лет назад

    Your explanation of measuring distances is the best I've ever encountered and answered so clearly questions I've had for a long time. Thanks.

  • @manualLaborer
    @manualLaborer 9 лет назад +5

    Stan Lee's talent never ceases to amaze me. Hats off to you sir.

  • @BaromaWild
    @BaromaWild 9 лет назад +1

    Thanks David for this great series, I really appreciate the background music and I was thinking in just that if you were my teacher at school teaching me math by this way you are explaining things with, probably I could've changed my whole perspective about math back then, I used to hate math and all relative things to it and thought they were boring stuff but as I grew older I realized how important it is for exploring the universe around us and how it makes almost every technology nowadays possible, I still can't get it figured out though thanks to these technologies!

  • @malikatif5331
    @malikatif5331 7 лет назад +20

    OMG! I saw he was standing on Mars without space suit😉😃

    • @pqvimana2
      @pqvimana2 7 лет назад +7

      Malik Atif That's right! So NASA is hiding that we can actually just hang out there!!!
      Stupid NASA! : )

    • @diggerpete9334
      @diggerpete9334 7 лет назад +1

      Because spacesuits are used in space.

    • @PhuketWord
      @PhuketWord 7 лет назад

      Amazing what they can do with CGI, hey? They can even make people dressed in spacesuits in a swimming pool appear to be in space!

    • @CocoOPNY
      @CocoOPNY 7 лет назад

      Malik Atif I love that part!!

    • @Rookblunder
      @Rookblunder 7 лет назад

      Don't be silly....He was using a space modulator.

  • @basstastic9351
    @basstastic9351 8 лет назад +1

    It is really enjoyable to have a listen to you, telling basic facts of our universe! I really enjoyed watching this video! Thank you! ☺

  • @keyboarddancers7751
    @keyboarddancers7751 9 лет назад +4

    What a superb presentation.

  • @MaestroRigale
    @MaestroRigale 8 лет назад

    David, I really want to compliment you again on the great work you've done here. You also have terrific taste in music; I particularly enjoyed the Rodrigo guitar concerto.

  • @3niknicholson
    @3niknicholson 6 лет назад +3

    Excellent! Clear and understandable. I like the fact you explain the development of our knowledge.

  • @jokusters4934
    @jokusters4934 10 лет назад +1

    Graag wil ik mijn diepe waardering weergeven voor de manier waarop DAVID BUTLER de video' s presenteert, buitengewoon goed omdat hij het heerlijk rustig doet zodat het veel beter te volgen is ook voor degenen die wat meer tijd nodig hebben omzet allemaal wat beter te begrijpen. Heel, heel hartelijk dank heer David! En groeten van Jo.

    • @jmitterii2
      @jmitterii2 9 лет назад

      Jo Kusters Dutch is so awesome! :) I know German, so it reminds me of a mix between English (little bit of French) and German gone wild. :)
      And I agree with your sentiment! :)

    • @jokusters4934
      @jokusters4934 9 лет назад

      Nog heel hartelijk dank voor uw reaktie, inmiddels heb ik toch erg genoten van de filmpjes van David en ben er erg blij mee, vooral voor de heerlijk rustige manier waarop hij het uiteen zet. Overigens het begrip van het Engels gaat geleidelijk aan steeds beter. Groetjes en Dank van, Jo.

  • @idahogreen2885
    @idahogreen2885 7 лет назад +3

    you rock dude. insta-subscribed at the end of the video. thanks Sir David

  • @Okijuben
    @Okijuben 7 лет назад

    Your videos have the sort of tenor which might actually have a chance of reaching through to some of my Young Earth family members and surrounding community. Much appreciated.

  • @LucDaigLTU
    @LucDaigLTU 9 лет назад +4

    And I've got to give 5 stars for the choice of music all along. done with great taste.

  • @assortedtea902
    @assortedtea902 7 лет назад +2

    i like your narration - it has a kind of soothing quality - so does the background music .

  • @EpicDestructionHD
    @EpicDestructionHD 4 года назад +4

    His voice and music is soothing, helps me sleep

  • @channel34mil
    @channel34mil 7 лет назад +1

    You are an outstanding teacher, illustrator and Historian, the calculations explained are so simple and at the same time exact. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us.

  • @Ibiracatu
    @Ibiracatu 7 лет назад +6

    If I were a science teacher, I'd feature one or two of your videos per week, and have a test the following day. Your the best!

    • @Crondo420ReFrEsHe
      @Crondo420ReFrEsHe 7 лет назад +1

      Sledcat Back when I was in school we never got to watch informative videos like such, it would of made school so much better with visuals like this, but then again maybe we would of thought in our heads it was more laid back so I would of forgot more, Idk. If the teacher were to give the heads up about the tests the following days then that would've stuck better.

  • @PurnamadaPurnamidam
    @PurnamadaPurnamidam Год назад +1

    Probably the most favourite channel for learning and it is Magical for me.

  • @ByCostly
    @ByCostly 7 лет назад +9

    Imagine.. The billions we invest in war and what have we accomplished. We could have had our own fucking station on mars already!?

  • @howfarawayisit
    @howfarawayisit  11 лет назад

    Thanks. I'm glad your getting a lot out of them.

  • @Wottan007
    @Wottan007 4 года назад +2

    Dr. D.Butler is second to none explaining difficult concepts and making peoples think they are intelligent ! If you were British, Sir, you should be knighted !

  • @edyro
    @edyro 9 лет назад

    It came to me by RUclips recommendations. Shame for me not finding your work by myself. Excellent job! I am your fan.

  • @GoldSrc_
    @GoldSrc_ 10 лет назад +3

    This videos are great, but you should also use Metric measurements.

  • @sabbie7
    @sabbie7 9 лет назад

    I feel like a simpleton after going through the in depth, very thoughtful and useful material. I found it educational and entertaining. Fantastic!

  • @willmacintosh1217
    @willmacintosh1217 6 лет назад +4

    Well put together, keep it up!

  • @prakashchandrabarik7678
    @prakashchandrabarik7678 8 лет назад

    I just got sticked to your video without making any skip. Very interesting, useful, complicated things are easily answered by this video. Thank u very much sir

  • @Pantibiblon
    @Pantibiblon 6 лет назад +7

    Nice video.Very explanatory....
    How long will United States,Myanmar and Liberia, resist to use the metric system? These 3 countries are the last in the world using Standard Measure System?
    Understand ,I´m not complaining......just wondering,

    • @thec4fourhundred520
      @thec4fourhundred520 4 года назад

      Why are you so obsessed about what another sovereign country chooses to measure with?

  • @dr.omar.insights2000
    @dr.omar.insights2000 8 лет назад +2

    great effort. highly appreciated. I am a physician interested in cosmology. this work is easy to understand

  • @badenglish-member9785
    @badenglish-member9785 6 лет назад +4

    July 2018, this year was the closest approach too, around 35 million miles.

  • @spacecatboy2962
    @spacecatboy2962 8 лет назад +2

    dang this is a great presentation, very well done

    • @spacecatboy2962
      @spacecatboy2962 7 лет назад

      HAHA, HOW AM I A NAZI.....I SPEAK OUT AGAINST NAZIS ALL DAY LONG

    • @JoeyBullet222
      @JoeyBullet222 7 лет назад +2

      your rebel flag avatar isn't historically accurate, it should just be a white flag. lol

  • @Axlepup1
    @Axlepup1 7 лет назад +3

    Unfortunately I'm not even smart enough to follow along!!

  • @VeronicaGorositoMusic
    @VeronicaGorositoMusic 7 лет назад +1

    Thank you so much Dr. Butler for creating this amazing channel, this is a solace in RUclips.

  • @BITVOLT7
    @BITVOLT7 4 года назад +4

    this guy is amazing

  • @jmscnny
    @jmscnny 9 лет назад

    Excellent. This perfectly answered and put into perspective a query I had.
    Very well presented and bite sized, just right for someone like me, who has the curiosity but lacks the facility to make sense of it due to my ever diminishing attention span.
    I have subscribed and I am about to download your entire series.
    I am really looking forward to absorbing and digesting this.
    Hmm. I think it may be time for lunch.

  • @pimenel
    @pimenel 6 лет назад +4

    Wait, so we have a crazy thing just whipping around out there in front of Earth's orbit? The hell?!

  • @abinyahwalker7034
    @abinyahwalker7034 7 лет назад

    nicely done. good narration speed, clear math, and you build on previous knowledge to get a complete picture. bravo.

  • @jbfoodlover8985
    @jbfoodlover8985 3 года назад +3

    Your my sound before i go to sleep

  • @andrew_mcnevin
    @andrew_mcnevin 7 лет назад

    Saw the first 5 minutes... subscribed. I love that you actually factor in math instead of glossing over the important stuff with goofy antics and editing. Fantastic!

  • @davidlanham99
    @davidlanham99 5 лет назад +4

    I'm sitting next to this guy the next time I take a test.

  • @thedeviluknow
    @thedeviluknow 9 лет назад

    I'm really enjoying your videos, and your style. Keep up the good work, sir!

  • @Criminal.Lawyer
    @Criminal.Lawyer 6 лет назад +3

    Galileo looked at sun spots with a telescope? That sounds like a bad idea lol

    • @fungiuse
      @fungiuse 6 лет назад +3

      No directly... He used some dark glasses in btw the telescope and the sun, similar to those glasses used on church windows. This Italian was smart.

  • @TheRealCreepinogie
    @TheRealCreepinogie 9 лет назад

    Simply beautiful! Very very good video and much appreciated.

  • @AnonYmous-if1sz
    @AnonYmous-if1sz 9 лет назад +6

    at 4:37 shouldn't the narrator read 6 Billion, 600 MILLION tillion tons rather than 6 Billion, 600 thousand.... or is the figure incorrect in the graphic?

    • @howfarawayisit
      @howfarawayisit  9 лет назад +8

      Anon Ymous Good catch. I should have said 6 billion, 600 million trillion tons. Thanks.

    • @AnonYmous-if1sz
      @AnonYmous-if1sz 9 лет назад +13

      David Butler with the amount of information you have provided me with and the knowledge I have gained, I should be thanking you good sir. Unfortunately I don't have the words to express how much I appreciate your work,
      which is really a service to us all.

    • @regragi1
      @regragi1 9 лет назад

      +Anon Ymous yes you are right, it,s 6600 million trillion tons

    • @derek-press
      @derek-press 8 лет назад +1

      +Anon Ymous that was a test to make you are paying attension ! ;)

  • @dogmastigmata4712
    @dogmastigmata4712 9 лет назад +2

    Thanks for the free class! I agree with the other people who wished you had been their teacher. It's genius to add the math along in the course! How many creation/evolution debates have you seen? lol!!

    • @howfarawayisit
      @howfarawayisit  9 лет назад +6

      Thanks for your thoughts. I'm glade you like the series. I get quite a lot of science vs religion debates going, but I try avoid them in this venue.

  • @lyhthegreat
    @lyhthegreat 8 лет назад +19

    is that stan lee?

  • @seansteel3326
    @seansteel3326 7 лет назад

    Oh wow. Beautifully explained. Thank you so much !

  • @imrithyograj9985
    @imrithyograj9985 7 лет назад +3

    it was not Coppernicos,but Aryabhata hindu astronomer mathematician and inventor of zero who proposed the heliocentric model in year 500.
    1000 years before europeans.

    • @berylperil8183
      @berylperil8183 6 лет назад

      As mentioned, Aryabhata advocated an astronomical model in which the Earth turns on its own axis. His model also gave corrections (the śīgra anomaly) for the speeds of the planets in the sky in terms of the mean speed of the sun. Thus, it has been suggested that Aryabhata's calculations were based on an underlying heliocentric model, in which the planets orbit the Sun,[33][34][35] though this has been rebutted.[36] It has also been suggested that aspects of Aryabhata's system may have been derived from an earlier, likely pre-Ptolemaic Greek, heliocentric model of which Indian astronomers were unaware,[37] though the evidence is scant.[38] The general consensus is that a synodic anomaly (depending on the position of the sun) does not imply a physically heliocentric orbit (such corrections being also present in late Babylonian astronomical texts), and that Aryabhata's system was not explicitly heliocentric.

    • @berylperil8183
      @berylperil8183 6 лет назад

      While a moving Earth was proposed at least from the 4th century BC in Pythagoreanism, and a fully developed heliocentric model was developed by Aristarchus of Samos in the 3rd century BC, these ideas were not successful in replacing the view of a static spherical Earth, and from the 2nd century AD the predominant model, which would be inherited by medieval astronomy, was the geocentric model described in Ptolemy's Almagest.

  • @slayerspam
    @slayerspam 7 лет назад

    these are the next videos I've found in a long time! Simply awesome!

    • @ffggddss
      @ffggddss 7 лет назад

      Wow! They're so very next! That's high praise, indeed!!

  • @Gustavo_Weckesser
    @Gustavo_Weckesser 8 лет назад +6

    10:33 How is it possible that one person with just one pencil (or feather) and a piece of paper in his hand can calculate this??? I feel myself so stupid :-(

    • @jmitterii2
      @jmitterii2 8 лет назад +2

      And they had to use charts/table/slide ruler for COS TAN and SIN instead of nice calculators we have today... same with any logs they had to do.

    • @Allen-eq5uf
      @Allen-eq5uf 7 лет назад +2

      Gustavo Weckesser Well, people are aggressively losing their intelligence with each new generation.

    • @Gustavo_Weckesser
      @Gustavo_Weckesser 7 лет назад

      I agree and include myself among them

    • @Michael-yf4tk
      @Michael-yf4tk 7 лет назад

      They can't, they're guessing. Pull a number out of your ass and say it's true. Nonsense.

  • @gabib.1780
    @gabib.1780 8 лет назад

    Beautiful series, just wonderful to watch and try understanding. Wonderful explanations and graphics - thank you so very much!

  • @philiproyd6563
    @philiproyd6563 8 лет назад +4

    Thank you for using English measurements!!

    • @skakofilsanonims4434
      @skakofilsanonims4434 7 лет назад

      Horrible thinking, it will die by force, it's absurd.Like driving by the left and so on. Pathetic.

  • @howfarawayisit
    @howfarawayisit  11 лет назад

    Thanks.

  • @goobytron2888
    @goobytron2888 10 лет назад +5

    "Correcting" him about Copernicus you just sound like some one who want people to think they are smart. Just because you looked up some fringe information from other cultures doesn't change anything. I'm sure many people had the independent "idea" that the earth or the sun was the center of the universe. It is what anyone would infer from observation. Copernicus WAS the first the create the mathematical model and make it work. Even though he was wrong. Focus on the science sir. Not trivia.

    • @Dreamskaype
      @Dreamskaype 10 лет назад

      Burn!
      Just kidding. Excellent work Mr Butler. Cheers!

    • @onetimeonthegoodfoot
      @onetimeonthegoodfoot 9 лет назад

      +Early Theodore Ritter Copernicus did not create a workable model. He retained the deferents and epicycles of Ptolemy. It was KEPLER who created the first workable model. Learn some history, sir. Not whatever you said.

    • @goobytron2888
      @goobytron2888 9 лет назад

      +Jim Abraham
      Copernicus was the first to put the sun at the center. I did not say his model was correct. I said he was the first and it did work just not correctly. I said in my post he was wrong so where is my history incorrect? To make a statement that I need to learn some history is just rude and inflammatory. I would be happy to discuss it with you, however the concept of friendly debate seems to escape your thinking. His theory was radically different than Ptolemy. Ptolemy's model was NOT heliocentric. Kepler was a lot later and worked out the laws of planetary motion. Kepler did not come up with the heliocentric theory. If I am wrong about Copernicus, please educate me on what Copernicus did then? And while you are at it correct the following websites too. They desperately need your help! Good day, sir.
      scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Copernicus.html
      kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/JohannesKepler/#anchor784359
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus

    • @onetimeonthegoodfoot
      @onetimeonthegoodfoot 9 лет назад

      Early Theodore Ritter All I said was that I think Copernicus is OVERRATED. Not that he was not the first to publish the idea of heliocentrism. You understand, don't you, that Copernicus, in his model, puts the sun central, so props for that, but otherwise DOES NOT CHANGE the Ptolemaic system?
      Do you understand that Copernicus DID NOT provide a WORKING model of the solar system? Whereas Kepler DID. That's all I'm saying, is that in my opinion, it should be called the Galilean/Keplerian/Newtonian revolution, not the Copernican revolution. That's all I'm saying. Not taking anything away from Copernicus. Only recognizing that the idea had occurred to many people, and that being the first in print with "sun's in the middle" is hardly worthy of the same esteem as the accomplishments of Galileo, Kepler, Newton. Galileo have us inertia, Kepler the laws of planetary motion AND elliptical orbits, Newton the foundation for it all. Copernicus just put the sun in the middle, which many had speculated before him. The revolutionary ideas were not Cs, but the other guys.
      That's all. Take a pill and calm down. What I'm saying is hardly, um, "revolutionary."

  • @sirhuddlestonfuddleston5708
    @sirhuddlestonfuddleston5708 8 лет назад +1

    What a terrific, terrific video. I've been trying to explain a lot of this stuff (to flat earthers), but never so well and so clearly. Excellent job.

  • @omarkoeng4548
    @omarkoeng4548 6 лет назад +3

    anyone looking for 'the earth is flat' comment!

    • @Keys879
      @Keys879 6 лет назад +2

      Thankfully they seem to be fewer and fewer. I guess they found the edge finally and.... fell off!

    • @rcchristian2
      @rcchristian2 5 лет назад +1

      i think they are fewer here because this is an obscure science video and he doesn't have many subscribers. I sadly admit I was looking around, hoping not to find too many :)

    • @jmitterii2
      @jmitterii2 5 лет назад

      It was just a phase of idiocracy we're going through. They've moved on to thinking water is bad... and well, they're dead.

  • @juanlaverde1411
    @juanlaverde1411 9 лет назад

    Thank you. Learning a great deal with your videos.

  • @fasalkpvkd34
    @fasalkpvkd34 8 лет назад +4

    Can you use SI units thats better

    • @howfarawayisit
      @howfarawayisit  8 лет назад +2

      +Fasal Rahman KP Yes. I added SI units via annotations. All updates will use SI units.

    • @fasalkpvkd34
      @fasalkpvkd34 8 лет назад

      +David Butler thanks your fast reply

    • @BFDT-4
      @BFDT-4 8 лет назад

      +Fasal Rahman KP Yes, I think that it is important to use SI. In fact, we in science should start using ONLY SI, and abandon completely English traditional weights and measures. Let the stupids have their miles and please, let the rest of us use ONLY SI. :)

    • @howfarawayisit
      @howfarawayisit  8 лет назад

      I understand. SI is added via annotations. Plus only SI is used in "How small is it" and "How fast is it".

    • @BFDT-4
      @BFDT-4 8 лет назад

      How small and How fast use only SI? Good deal!

  • @promerops
    @promerops 6 лет назад +2

    These videos are superb - well reasoned and presented. Just one suggestion: could you leave the captions up a bit longer, my slow brain finds it hard to take everything in in the time provided. Thanks!

  • @Mr.Robot90
    @Mr.Robot90 5 лет назад +3

    9:01

  • @zaboomafia
    @zaboomafia 9 лет назад

    Thank you David for making all this very clear in video form. Amazing history and scientific research all in video form. Keep up the great work!

  • @ephesians2v.8watchingforye57
    @ephesians2v.8watchingforye57 6 лет назад +3

    Yeshua is who holds everything together. That is the truth.

    • @howser1961
      @howser1961 6 лет назад +2

      Really ... I mean ... really - is that like, your opinion or is that a proven fact? Because if it is the former, you are actually entitled to it, however wrong, idiotic, uninformed, narrow minded, shallow or stupid it might be - but if is is not the latter .... well - then you have not advanced the human race at all ... not in the slightest - you have then actually moved all of us back in knowledge, insight and understanding - and that's no help now is it?

    • @ephesians2v.8watchingforye57
      @ephesians2v.8watchingforye57 6 лет назад

      You will be okay. Read the bible my Brother and it is all there. Yeshua who is God came to the world over 2000 years ago as a human. So, yes it is a fact Yeshua holds everything together. Some people like yourself have a hard time seeing truth because they are part of this world and it's system. Know him, know truth.

    • @xoannomen
      @xoannomen 6 лет назад

      you're pathetic

    • @ephesians2v.8watchingforye57
      @ephesians2v.8watchingforye57 6 лет назад

      It is okay to be an online troll at least you are getting the truth about Yeshua the true living God. He loves you and everyone.

    • @victoriaellis166
      @victoriaellis166 6 лет назад

      Fear not my friend fore GoD is great

  • @chuckgreygoodman4478
    @chuckgreygoodman4478 8 лет назад

    I do enjoy all of your videos .you are obviously very bright.i hope you continue to do videos in other areas of astronomy

  • @RiotOfVio
    @RiotOfVio 8 лет назад +6

    Doesn't he sounds like the perv old man in Family Guy? Big respect for this video anyway;)

  • @erniellerena
    @erniellerena 8 лет назад

    Awesome Video! Hope to see more of them. Love to learn about this stuff.

  • @rizwanrafeek3811
    @rizwanrafeek3811 6 лет назад +4

    Holy Quran says, all celestial object goes on their orbit including the sun but people said that sun does not have an orbit and stationary but as time goes by, it has been discovered indeed sun also have an orbit goes around the galaxy.

    • @davidvelarable
      @davidvelarable 6 лет назад +5

      Rizwan Rafeek it does not matter what the Quran says

    • @rizwanrafeek3811
      @rizwanrafeek3811 6 лет назад

      +Get outta here!
      Quran also says, universe is expanding and all living things came from water.
      Space and matter were joined to gather as one unit, it was a split of asunder everything came from (which sounds very much like Big-bang.)
      You are right, it does not matter what Quran says.

    • @davidvelarable
      @davidvelarable 6 лет назад +3

      Rizwan Rafeek first of all it does not matter what the Quran says. Secondly it does not say what you claim. You take the arabic passagea and twist the meaning to sucker in followers. I read the Quran. It does NOT say the universe is expanding.
      It says the universe was made from smoke. Which is false

    • @rizwanrafeek3811
      @rizwanrafeek3811 6 лет назад +1

      +Get outta here!
      _"It says the universe was made from smoke. Which is false "_
      Particular verse you are referring to, addresses how the our milk-way came about, our galaxy might have been in state like smoke (primordial gas) which is what Quran reference as smoke.
      _"I read the Quran. It does NOT say the universe is expanding. "_
      I actually read it, with many different translation, they are all saying the same thing, in different ways.
      Translator Sahih International Quran 51-47 And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are *its expander* .
      Translator Pickthall Quran 51-47 We have built the heaven with might, and *We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof)* .
      Translator Yusuf Ali Quran 51-47 With power and skill did We construct the Firmament: for it is *We Who create the vastness of pace* .
      Translator Shakir Quran 51-47 And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most surely *We are the makers of things ample* .
      Translator Muhammad Sarwar Quran 51-47 We have made the heavens with Our own hands and *We expanded it* .
      Translator Mohsin Khan Quran 51-47 With power did We construct the heaven. Verily, *We are Able to extend the vastness of space thereof* .
      Translator Arberry Quran 51-47 And heaven -- We built it with might, and *We extend it wide* .

    • @davidvelarable
      @davidvelarable 6 лет назад +2

      None of that shows the Quran is some kind of science guide. You can talk about "extend" and "expanse" all day long. The context is nothing regarding the expansion of the universe, but merely making a point that yes, even in those days people understood that beyond the firm earth is an infinite heavens. The expanse is mentioned in the Bible in Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning god made heavnes and the earth. The earth was a void and the face of god hovered over the face of the waters of the abyss. You use the word "expanse" to refer to the "heavens" and "the firmament" . No, your Quran does not tell us anything that either wasn't speculated already or already discovered before 615AD
      IN addition, most of these kind of concepts were 1. In the Christian Bible FIRST. 2. In Greek cosmology Second. 3. In Earlier Egyptian mythology third.
      The Quran did not discover these concepts, but copied them. From The Bible book of Job 9:8 "Who alone stretched out the heavens..."
      Split apart - Revelations 6:14
      www.iflscience.com/space/ancient-egyptians-knew-about-distant-flashing-star-3000-years-earlier-thought/

  • @jelliebird37
    @jelliebird37 8 лет назад

    Wonderful series of videos!!! The graphics, the music, the explanations and the narrator's voice create an experience that feels like an elegant evening with sophisticated friends.

    • @fredeagle8766
      @fredeagle8766 8 лет назад

      yes, it it makes a pleasant change from the vast majority of you tube offerings, especially in the comments section. although there is a hint of of willful ignorance here and there...

  • @f.d.english5080
    @f.d.english5080 6 лет назад +3

    Anyone getting a Heavens Gate vibe?

    • @0o0o099999
      @0o0o099999 6 лет назад

      How come? This is about whats being observed not about ideas.

  • @davidharris6361
    @davidharris6361 7 лет назад

    Great video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge

  • @michaelwhitfield7282
    @michaelwhitfield7282 6 лет назад +3

    Notice how NASA can figure out what's going around Uranus; yet can't resolve the hunger problems, poverty, and massive Warfare on Earth. What if I told you, Uranus is the center of your universe?

    • @max5250
      @max5250 6 лет назад +5

      Notice also how total idiots are trying to prove their point by making clueless assumptions, and yet, they can't understand simple mathematics.

    • @FromTheHeart2
      @FromTheHeart2 6 лет назад +2

      max5250 he absolutely has a point. Which doesn't exclude your argument...(without the insult part of course). Here is a thought: what if, just what if hunger, warfare, human life, are way more complex math equations than any mathematician is capable of conceiving (for now)? My point is when it comes to knowledge, beyond the limitations of our own conditions, any statement can lead to better, deaper, higher understanding. Math is one of the tools, imagination another as Einstein himself stated.

    • @max5250
      @max5250 6 лет назад +5

      @@FromTheHeart2
      He has no point at all, since he is mixing science and space exploration with things that are not related (natural science with social science).
      We already know that predicting events in social science is far more difficult than predicting events in natural sciences, because social science is mor complicated because it depends on much more variables that are difficult to observe, measure or predict its values.
      When we speak about the knowledge, it is not true that any statement can lead to better understanding, because, if was true, any idiot could contribute to science, but that never happened.
      In order to get deeper and higher understanding, you first need to understand current knowledge, and find something new that explains observable events better then current knowledge.
      Imagination sure does help us much, but first we have to understand previous knowledge to acquire some new one.

    • @michaelwhitfield7282
      @michaelwhitfield7282 6 лет назад

      max5250 everything is related and intricately intertwined, especially when it deals with the Sun. Every human being is the center of their universe. Your source of wealth including food is as vast as the universe. The Bible clearly tells you, the Lord was the Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end The Offspring of David the Bright Morning Star.
      Notice it says, Bright Morning Star. It does not say bright yearly star.
      Also note, that history is part, of social science. Galileo and Isaac Newton we're all part of History and social science, which shaped our economy and way of thinking. I say this with Dynamism, they were hypnotist.
      Global warming means, the Earth is supplying more farmland. We are about to go to War World War 3 over food. The biggest lie today is there is not enough food to feed the world. Go figure🤔
      The Great Eclipse of Aug. 21 2017.
      Sign of the end times. Life Blocked out.
      Future blocked! California fires, Las Vegas shootings, tsunamis, hurricanes earthquakes.
      All life comes from the sun. Food comes from God.
      To misquote the Sun is to misquote your future.
      I have proof that this drawing, in this video is nothing more than a hoax. An instrument to prove superiority, of knowledge.
      If you took the time out to actually look at the solar system yourself, you would see that there are days when the moon is gigantic and 1 day later; it is half the size. This obviously was not caused, by an orbit change. The same goes for the Sun.
      The Earth, the Sun and the Moon are a living things. They are the most important Trinity that you will ever know. The Sun goes around the Earth every day. The Sun goes around the Moon every day, if you were on the moon ( which = 30 earth days)
      It takes 29 days for the time relativity, time change. Just as it is 3 hours from the East Coast to the West Coast.
      Each month or moon 30, days × 12 = 360
      Which is a perfect circle. The Earth the Sun and the Moon are perfect circles. Your eyeball is the only other Perfect Circle.
      God Made You In His Image. 😊
      Galileo and the people of the fake moon landing are liars. Math can never be correct if your variables are incorrect.
      Our society which is social science wants you to believe that months's have 28 days or 29 days or 31 days or 30 days. This is deception! Moving the clock up and down is also another means of deception. That is what makes up the extra 5 days, making it apear to being 365 days a year.
      Nevertheless most people are happy with this unprovable drawing. That is the real reason why you have starvation War and poverty in the world. And needless to say Godless people; who fail to see, how beautiful they really are and that they are the center of their own universe.

    • @michaelwhitfield7282
      @michaelwhitfield7282 6 лет назад

      Zoheyra Bent BoRouis please view update. Intended for you to read by Michael Whitfield.

  • @samarth3353
    @samarth3353 7 лет назад

    Thank you for the informative video books , truly appreciate these.

  • @gmco2709
    @gmco2709 6 лет назад +7

    international units please (kilogram, meter,second)

    • @howfarawayisit
      @howfarawayisit  6 лет назад +1

      Go to 4k update for si unites: ruclips.net/video/bcn0ycIHKog/видео.html

    • @nipunkumar1537
      @nipunkumar1537 6 лет назад +1

      True, Americans think only Americans watch youtube videos

    • @Theodorus5
      @Theodorus5 6 лет назад +5

      Let's not be rude Nipun :) they did get to the moon before everyone else, and this is an excellent educational video

    • @henryudderyanker
      @henryudderyanker 6 лет назад +3

      Deal with it

    • @Engineer9736
      @Engineer9736 6 лет назад

      How hard is it to estimate 60% of a value and add that to the original value. If you are seriously interested in astronomics you should know the basic numbers yourself already. Avg distance to moon = 384k km, 4k km in diameter.

  • @complaingel6967
    @complaingel6967 7 лет назад +2

    This guy is so badass he can walk on the surface of Mars wearing a black coat, scarf and a cowboy hat. Well done !

  • @RonaldMcPaul
    @RonaldMcPaul 5 лет назад +4

    Free Tibet

  • @MrCpolzin
    @MrCpolzin 8 лет назад

    Thanks David,well done mate :)

  • @metallicadragon8802
    @metallicadragon8802 8 лет назад

    Thank you Dave Butler,, Great Video..

  • @GayorgVonTrapp
    @GayorgVonTrapp 9 лет назад

    What a truly excellent video - so humbly and gracefully presented with fantastic and easy to understand illustrations. If you had been a teacher at my school I would have been queing at your door eager for the next lesson. Thanks for sharing your expertise in this way.

    • @andrewmarch7891
      @andrewmarch7891 9 лет назад

      This makes the works of God in creation all the more remarkable. He asks of us that we love one another. A better use of our efforts I would suggest than fuss about the universe- simply give thanks for the wonder of it all.

  • @912582
    @912582 7 лет назад +2

    These are a superbly edited and presented series of documentaries, the perfect balance of level and explanation. I'm fairly advanced in this area but the summaries here have added measurable background information and clarified facts, thank you very much.

    • @howfarawayisit
      @howfarawayisit  7 лет назад

      You're very welcome Andrew. Thanks for the comment. Have you seen the 2017 update?

    • @912582
      @912582 7 лет назад

      I have just watched it, am progressively working my way through all.
      Do you have this set available for sale in HD / on DVD? As a gift for either my 77 year old father, (a life-long amateur), a 16 year old son (looking for somewhere to focus mental energy) or my 24 year old PhD daughter (who is in at least this way a chip off the old block), they would be considered by all a bargain.
      I really cannot recommend this series enough, thoroughly enjoyable; presentable to audiences from near beginners or just more information and examples to serious amateurs, it's the best out there by a margin.
      I'd just like to point out to others reading this that I consider myself a low end semi-expert, I was a guest evening lecturer on deep space a a significant college in England, and have tested my own calculations for distances, magnitudes and Supernova masses etc. but still many points are clarified by this series - the best I've seen.
      Thank you again,

    • @howfarawayisit
      @howfarawayisit  7 лет назад

      I did put them all on a blue-ray disk, but it was just for my children and grandchildren. Nothing I do in this arena is for sale. Thanks for asking. I love your note.

  • @gpskot1976
    @gpskot1976 8 лет назад

    Excellent voice Quality and way of explaining

  • @rnilu86
    @rnilu86 8 лет назад +2

    wow. Nice animation with geometry.

  • @avinsinanan5802
    @avinsinanan5802 7 лет назад

    This was great !!! i loved how you kept it simple !!! :D keep it up mate !

  • @glenn5216
    @glenn5216 7 лет назад

    Great video. Awesome work.

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena 7 лет назад

    This is one of his presentations that I greatly appreciate.