Summer of Math Exposition

This star almost broke Bohr's atomic model

Story of the mysterious spectral lines of Zeta Puppis, a star that seemed to challenge the atomic model proposed by Niels Bohr. Bohr cleverly solved the issue and turned the observation that nearly dismantled his revolutionary model into a successful prediction.

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7 Overall score*
35 Votes
10 Comments
Rank 10

Comments

It's more a science explainer than maths and the first half feels more like an interesting side quest but it's all very interesting.

6.1

It would have been helpful to have even a brief explanation of the physics that produces the spectra and more details on the mathematics of the series in question.

5

I liked the storytelling as a commenter mentioned, and the animations were helpful and visually pleasing. I wasn't able to follow the explanation but I enjoyed seeing how the mystery was solved.

6.1

Very cool. Even without the context of the previous video (which I'll have to watch at some point, now!), this did a great job of grabbing my interest from the start. (Although that might be partly because I love me some good astronomy, but still.)

6.7

There is a lot context, lot of story telling, but limited maths. The video is a good watch and explains how Bohr was able to fit into his single equation, multiple series that had defied previous models.

3

Just an amazing video, intriguing and captivating. Very good on how you caught the attention at the beginning mentioning the mathematical trick, and how you kept the historical part with the discoveries altogether. Another positive aspect was the fact that you gave incentives for further exploration. Definitely an outstanding video, I loved it!

9

I enjoyed the range of historical people in the video

7.1

Interesting bit of physics history. Good explanation of how a small but ingenious adjustment to the maths saved the theory - and led to further paths of study.

6.5

very interesting although not very mathematical.

5.7

Amazing wonderful video, it has that theme of professional fine tuned documentary. I loved it. Keep going! One suggestion: I’d like if there are some more fun parts ( I dunno a joke or a riddle) And btw: thank you for inviting me here Ali from AliGorithm :p :)

8.5