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Fermions Vs. Bosons Explained with Statistical Mechanics!

2023-05-11 Education
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Check Out Changing Planet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut0Qdvnsd_s&ab_channel=PBS Comment Repsonse Live Stream with Matt: https://www.youtube.com/live/HmOQrEdhsuI?feature=share Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord! https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime If I roll a pair of dice and you get to bet on one number, what do you choose? The smart choice is 7 because there are more ways for 2 dice to come up 7 than any other number. Well, it turns out that you can apply the same logic to predicting the behavior of the universe. Let’s see how some of our most powerful tools in physics are really a game of cosmic craps. Episode Companion Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsPUh22kYmNCUqgy3kNKNcieiBnuPjuQ2 Check out the Space Time Merch Store https://www.pbsspacetime.com/shop Sign up for the mailing list to get episode notifications and hear special announcements! https://mailchi.mp/1a6eb8f2717d/spacetime Search the Entire Space Time Library Here: https://search.pbsspacetime.com/ Hosted by Matt O'Dowd Written by Fernando Franco Felix & Matt O'Dowd Post Production by Leonardo Scholzer, Yago Ballarini, & Stephanie Faria Directed by Andrew Kornhaber Associate Producer: Bahar Gholipour Executive Producers: Eric Brown & Andrew Kornhaber Executive in Charge for PBS: Maribel Lopez Director of Programming for PBS: Gabrielle Ewing Assistant Director of Programming for PBS: John Campbell Spacetime is produced by Kornhaber Brown for PBS Digital Studios. This program is produced by Kornhaber Brown, which is solely responsible for its content. © 2023 PBS. All rights reserved. End Credits Music by J.R.S. Schattenberg: https://www.youtube.com/user/MultiDroideka Space Time Was Made Possible In Part By: Big Bang Sponsors Ian Jones Bryce Fort Peter Barrett David Neumann Sean Maddox Alexander Tamas Morgan Hough Juan Benet Vinnie Falco Fabrice Eap Mark Rosenthal Quasar Sponsors Vivaan Vaka Glenn Sugden Alex Kern Ethan Cohen Stephen Wilcox Christina Oegren Mark Heising Hypernova Sponsors Ivari Tölp Vyce Ailour Zachary Wilson Kenneth See Gregory Forfa Kirk Honour Joe Moreira Bradley Voorhees Marc Armstrong Scott Gorlick Paul Stehr-Green Ben Delo Scott Gray Антон Кочков John R. Slavik Donal Botkin John Pollock Edmund Fokschaner chuck zegar Jordan Young Daniel Muzquiz Gamma Ray Burst Sponsors Matthew Oldfield Lucas Kazakevicius Massimiliano Pala Thomas Nielson Joe Pavlovic Ryan McGaughy Chuck Lukaszewski Edward Hodapp Cole Combs Andrea Galvagni Jerry Thomas Nikhil Sharma Ryan Moser Jonathan Cordovano John Anderson David Giltinan Scott Hannum Bradley Ulis Craig Falls Kane Holbrook Ross Story teng guo Mason Dillon Matt Langford Harsh Khandhadia Thomas Tarler Susan Albee Frank Walker Matt Quinn Michael Lev Terje Vold James Trimmier Andre Stechert Paul Wood Kent Durham jim bartosh Ramon Nogueira Paul Suchy Ellis Hall John H. Austin, Jr. Diana S Poljar Faraz Khan Almog Cohen Alex Edwards Daniel Jennings Cameron Sampson Russ Creech Jeremy Reed David Johnston Michael Barton Andrew Mann Isaac Suttell Bleys Goodson Robert Walter Mirik Gogri Mark Delagasse Mark Daniel Cohen Nickolas Andrew Freeman Shane Calimlim Tybie Fitzhugh Robert Ilardi Eric Kiebler Craig Stonaha Graydon Goss Frederic Simon Dmitri McGuiness John Robinson Jim Hudson David Barnholdt David Neal John Funai Bradley Jenkins Jiri Brokovec Cody Brumfield Thomas Dougherty Dan Warren Patrick Sutton John Griffith Dean Faulk

Top Comments (10)

@pbsspacetime 2023-05-11

Hey Space Timers! It's nice to be releasing episodes again. If you're looking for comment responses for the last six episodes, check out Matt's comment response here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmOQrEdhsuI

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@Fireheart318 2023-05-16

I love the minigame at the end of every episode where you have to guess how they’re gonna tie in the words “space time”

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@watsonwrote 2023-05-17

After all these years, I finally understand the difference between bosons and fermions. Videos like this make me wish I was 15 years younger and could study this in school again

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@THETRUEANDHONESTLUCKYNOOB 2023-05-11

This kind of video sparked my interests back into physics and mathematics after years out of school. I invested in getting the Feynman lectures out of regain of interest, and your videos continue to server as a motivational beacon as they help me visualize and think about lectures. Thank you for what you are doing, it really matters at least to me.

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@hikingpete 2023-05-11

Wow. Fermions and Bosons make a lot more sense now. This was really helpful. I'll have to watch this again, I think there's a few more details to pick up.

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@meckerhesseausfrankfurt4019 2023-05-11

Liechtenstein and San Marino are microstates, whereas Canada is a macrostate.

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@TheOnlyGeggles 2023-05-11

I love how the intro to chapter one "Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics" of [1] reads "Ludwig Boltzmann, who spent much of his life studying statistical mechanics, died in 1906, by his own hands. Paul Ehrenfest, carrying on the work, died similarly in 1933. Now it is our turn to study statistical mechanics." Truly the most hardcore intro to a graduate textbook ever. [1]: David. L. Goodstein, "States of Matter" (New York: Dover, 1975)

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@kconger_ 2023-05-11

I happened to just complete my graduate-level statistical mechanics course this semester. This video being released the day after my final exam is a traumatic coincidence. Lol

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@gregsquires6201 2023-05-12

"Bouncy death storm" pleased me more than I can say.

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@ameyakale2739 2023-05-12

I’m a mechanical engineering graduate and was told to take Stat Mech by my advisor since I was going to work in molecular dynamics. As the only mechanical engineer in a physics class of 40 students, I single-handedly brought the class average down by a full grade 😂 So to you my dear reader I say this: Have faith in yourself, you got this 💪🏻😂

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