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5 жыл бұрын

In this episode of the ABC’s classic science program, ‘Why Is It So?’, Professor Julius Sumner Miller re-attempts a favourite experiment, and things don’t quite go to plan.
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@adb012
@adb012 3 жыл бұрын
1964: "It's important to subscribe..." Wait, what?" "... to the requirements of nature" Ah, ok. 1:01
@n.m.9616
@n.m.9616 3 жыл бұрын
j'attends la dernière leçon sur les VPN
@SpaceFaceFPV
@SpaceFaceFPV 3 жыл бұрын
Hahahah this got me too 🤣
@phmwu7368
@phmwu7368 3 жыл бұрын
Oh Mama Mia !
@DailyWorkoutEnjoyer
@DailyWorkoutEnjoyer 3 жыл бұрын
"...and make sure to smash that notification bell"
@22Hobbies
@22Hobbies 3 жыл бұрын
@@DailyWorkoutEnjoyer ...when it is time to break for spaghetti
@benwilliams3539
@benwilliams3539 3 жыл бұрын
I like how he gets back a few meters to be safe but then next minute puts his ear right near it
@porshalily9345
@porshalily9345 3 жыл бұрын
Then dips his finger in mercury
@r1273m
@r1273m 3 жыл бұрын
@@porshalily9345 Mercury vapour and mercury salts are lethal. However mercury metal will not kill you, years ago people were prescribed mercury to drink as a cure for constipation. You can just imagine how it worked and that fact it could be reclaimed afterwards for future use........
@porshalily9345
@porshalily9345 3 жыл бұрын
@@r1273m i thought if you ingested or touched mercury you die. Eg: baby chewed a thermometer and died. A female scientists droped a tiny bit on the outside of her glove and it still got her. Thank you for helping me out because I'm not a scientist.😂
@r1273m
@r1273m 3 жыл бұрын
@@porshalily9345 Hi there. Touching mercury will not harm you. The account of the female scientist is clearly erroneous. As regards the baby chewing a thermometer and died, it is quite possibly true. However what we don't know is what caused the baby to die. The thermometer was no doubt glass and ingesting glass is very dangerous. The thermometer may have contained alcohol rather than mercury, we'll never know. Back in the 1960's I worked in the science Department of a school. In the sixth form physics curriculum were many experiments that involved pupils using mercury. These included filling a long glass tube with mercury to measure barometric pressure. You can just imagine how much got spilled! There were also two experiments that probably would not be allowed today due to the production of mercury vapour. They were the "kicking wire" experiment and "Barlow's wheel" experiment. Have a look on Wikipedia or similar at these experiments. Kind regards.
@pleindespoir
@pleindespoir 3 жыл бұрын
@@porshalily9345 "baby chewed a thermometer and died." It died because the broken glass did injure the baby. --- "a tiny bit on the outside of her glove" and nothing will happen - if there isn't a bomb or a volcano exploding at the same time
@davidshevchuk8885
@davidshevchuk8885 3 жыл бұрын
Having a crazy looking enthusiastic passionate physics teacher is the best. Went from a 60 in high school physics to a 99 in college.
@Kiwi-ku1ui
@Kiwi-ku1ui 3 жыл бұрын
Dam really? I have trouble with physics especially the word problems. I always get confused. I hope I get better
@fabulousimcatbulous690
@fabulousimcatbulous690 3 жыл бұрын
@@Kiwi-ku1ui I believe you will. Psychic, math, chemistry and the likes was my bane of my grade on high school. Despite truly love studying things, I just unable to cramp them to my brain. In college however, I'm blessed to be taught by many "mad scientist" (always have eyebags looks jittery, sometimes just stand there confused) type professors that very enthusiastic to share what they know. From there on, I actually got straight A on their subject. Keep studying mate! It's fun!
@Wardism
@Wardism 3 жыл бұрын
it really is easier to stay engaged when the professor is as enthused as this man. sadly academia has become more about money than the actual passing on of knowledge. (at least in the states)
@zandiviljoen146
@zandiviljoen146 3 жыл бұрын
100% lecturers make the biggest difference to how enjoyable a subject is. They can generate or squash a subject in a pupils mind
@epm8593
@epm8593 3 жыл бұрын
Then, bringing your collection in front of students.
@TheBeteljuice
@TheBeteljuice 3 жыл бұрын
He was able to disguise his disappointment, but not his joy!! He was rendered temporarily speechless by his happiness!
@cloudatlas349
@cloudatlas349 3 жыл бұрын
"IT WENT! HOHO! IT WENT! And by golly did it go! MAMA MIA it went!" That's what I call a sincerely wholesome reaction. Put a smile on my face for the day. 💚
@MistedMind
@MistedMind 3 жыл бұрын
"My regret is, that I didn't see it! We shall have to do it again! *smirky face*" And that is an example that this dude is also a child inside :D
@chillmolder
@chillmolder 3 жыл бұрын
Faith in Physics. Oh man, it's too good to not make you smile
@RaveUniverseAll
@RaveUniverseAll 3 жыл бұрын
His “mamma mia” was really a pretty good Italian btw 😂😂😂
@Beam3178
@Beam3178 3 жыл бұрын
Today we would say "it did the thing!"
@aelix56
@aelix56 3 жыл бұрын
That's what I call a hecking chonker keanu wholesome big chungus moment.
@jashugg
@jashugg 3 жыл бұрын
His chalk writing on the blackboard is beautiful to watch.
@jonellis6231
@jonellis6231 3 жыл бұрын
Holy shit i thought for sure i would be the only one to think that
@oxorox972
@oxorox972 3 жыл бұрын
@@jonellis6231 lol same
@leighfoulkes7297
@leighfoulkes7297 3 жыл бұрын
I wish I could write and draw that well.
@Sugondees
@Sugondees 3 жыл бұрын
It probably helped that back then everything was black and white.
@janeblogs324
@janeblogs324 3 жыл бұрын
He pushes so hard, cleaning his work would be fun
@MsTwissy
@MsTwissy 3 жыл бұрын
1:08 that is the most satisfyingly straight line I’ve ever seen
@futhamucka
@futhamucka 3 жыл бұрын
You should look up Walter Lewin doing dotted lines, it will absolutely blow your mind.
@NuclearTopSpot
@NuclearTopSpot 3 жыл бұрын
@@futhamucka The Legend. Dotted lines like anti aircraft machine gun fire at night
@ChadTanker
@ChadTanker 3 жыл бұрын
on a blackboard free-handed*
@tommerker8063
@tommerker8063 3 жыл бұрын
this is actually not that hard to do. same with a perfect circle. technique is everything and it is pretty reproducable.
@MsTwissy
@MsTwissy 3 жыл бұрын
@@tommerker8063 I’m sure if I had several hours to spend on it and the supplies I could make a huge improvement for myself but I think I would still drool at my own super satisfying straight lines then 😅
@imveryangryitsnotbutter
@imveryangryitsnotbutter 3 жыл бұрын
1:00 - "It is important that we subscribe" Now I know why the algorithm recommended this video.
@johnpeel8005
@johnpeel8005 3 жыл бұрын
I still say; "Why is it so?" Sixty years on. Thank you Professor Sumner Miller.
@timothypryor7952
@timothypryor7952 3 жыл бұрын
I'm probably going to start saying that now.
@KyuubiSam
@KyuubiSam 3 жыл бұрын
I do science and my partners dad always say "why is it so" whenever I start talking science haha.
@MrBenHaynes
@MrBenHaynes 3 жыл бұрын
"A glass and a half of full cream dairy milk in every two hundred gram block provides substantial nourishment, enjoyment and that great Cadbury taste. So when you think of Chocolate, think of Cadburys". My favourite experiment was sucking a hard boiled egg into a glass milk container!
@Barnaclebeard
@Barnaclebeard 3 жыл бұрын
I know him from my childhood as his character from House of Frieghtenstein. Unfortunately, I took more after Griselda.
@volcryndarkstar3283
@volcryndarkstar3283 3 жыл бұрын
Was he your Bill Nye?
@karlsbergkarl2230
@karlsbergkarl2230 3 жыл бұрын
Just imagine if only 10% of all science teachers were like him.
@AnalyticalReckoner
@AnalyticalReckoner 3 жыл бұрын
They would be without all the extra responsibility of raising a dozen children. College essentially.
@pawpatrolnews
@pawpatrolnews 3 жыл бұрын
What, be in black and white?
@karlsbergkarl2230
@karlsbergkarl2230 3 жыл бұрын
@@pawpatrolnews Nothing wrong with being monochromatic and as much as we like colour, sometimes black and white is better.
@pawpatrolnews
@pawpatrolnews 3 жыл бұрын
@@karlsbergkarl2230 💡 woah, that's deep!
@quercusweblecturing
@quercusweblecturing 3 жыл бұрын
10% of the science teachers actually are! More! The school system does not always encourage them, however, to act it out.
@jdm2626
@jdm2626 2 жыл бұрын
I wish more professors were like him. Enthusiastic about teaching as well as someone who just enjoys what he does.
@anthonygaughan
@anthonygaughan 3 жыл бұрын
"Mach' schnell" "nil desperandum" "Mamma mia" Language learning in a physics lesson.
@adandap
@adandap 3 жыл бұрын
I remember that from watching it as a kid in the 1960s. 20 years later my PhD in Physics included the dedication 'To Professor Julius Sumner Miller, for asking "why is it so?"'
@RDDHopsing77
@RDDHopsing77 2 жыл бұрын
I was a high school student in Australia in the 60's and vividly remember watching Julius Sumner Miller on TV. He was hugely popular with kids. I have had many jobs since , including university lecturing (health) and throughout my life I've often had in my mind his saying "why is it so?" Not just in relation to the laws of physics, but just about everything.
@larrycantdraw8995
@larrycantdraw8995 10 ай бұрын
You are my personal hero, that's awesome!
@idjles
@idjles 3 жыл бұрын
4:20. Haha, when he really panicked he switched to German. "Plug it up! Mache schnell (do it quick)! Did we lose any?" His parents where Latvian and Lithuanian and he was born in America.
@eve3614
@eve3614 3 жыл бұрын
actually i'm pretty sure he was speaking yiddish! closely related to german, spoken by lots of lithuanian jews (and miller is a common lithuanian jewish surname). to my yiddish speaking ear i heard him say "makh es shnel" (מאַך עס שנעל), make it fast.
@PM-gf1nj
@PM-gf1nj 3 жыл бұрын
@@eve3614 Or, in German, mach es schnell.
@captaineldeezee1336
@captaineldeezee1336 3 жыл бұрын
Y'know, I thought I heard German, there, but I wasn't sure! Thanks for commenting, clarifying.
@whateverkatana
@whateverkatana 3 жыл бұрын
He might have switched to German because he had just referenced Otto von Guericke, the great German physicist and supposed "inventor" of the vacuum.
@gaterzoom
@gaterzoom 3 жыл бұрын
I thought it was Dutch: "Maak het snel"
@winndypops
@winndypops 3 жыл бұрын
I adore Anderson's growl of frustration after he pours all the ice on top.
@Enclave.
@Enclave. 3 жыл бұрын
This guy, this absolute legend is a big part of why I grew up having such an interest in science. The Hilarious House of Frightenstein, who knew that television program would have such an impact.
@lindamuvic8110
@lindamuvic8110 3 жыл бұрын
He was the MYTHBUSTER 40 years before the Mythbusters, mad props to this Physicist forerunner.
@XeiDaMoKaFE
@XeiDaMoKaFE 3 жыл бұрын
Except he didn't lie
@Razer217
@Razer217 3 жыл бұрын
Forerunner? When exactly do you think physics was invented?
@wokkuyay
@wokkuyay 3 жыл бұрын
@@Razer217 what i cannot tell if you're serious or not
@quercusweblecturing
@quercusweblecturing 3 жыл бұрын
@@wokkuyay As Mercury would say: Galileo! Galileo!
@tigernikki101
@tigernikki101 3 жыл бұрын
@@XeiDaMoKaFE i was thinking the exact same thing
@davidorama6690
@davidorama6690 3 жыл бұрын
If we all had a physics teacher like this we’d have been inspired to be physicists.
@BushCampingTools
@BushCampingTools 3 жыл бұрын
LOl, he made my school physics teachers (all of them) look like they really wanted to be somewhere else during class time.
@thwalesproductions
@thwalesproductions 3 жыл бұрын
My physics teacher is like that dude
@Williamottelucas
@Williamottelucas 3 жыл бұрын
I DID have a physics teacher or two like this, and I DID become a Science teacher.
@sirgreenomilla3321
@sirgreenomilla3321 3 жыл бұрын
No bro, you would've complained about him and science just like you did before.
@alwaysdisputin9930
@alwaysdisputin9930 3 жыл бұрын
_"If we all had a physics teacher like this we’d have been inspired to be physicists."_ True they can be inspirational. I watched DrPhysicsA's video on black holes & realised I could climb the mountains of relativity & quantum mechanics pretty easily. It just made sense to go for it
@jamesmorrison7847
@jamesmorrison7847 3 жыл бұрын
I remember this guy on TV when I was a kid. He made me love science.
@jackbrown3270
@jackbrown3270 3 жыл бұрын
"IT WENT" my new phrase for 2021
@WalterLiddy
@WalterLiddy 3 жыл бұрын
Nothing better than a teacher who's passionate about the subject.
@MartinTraXAA
@MartinTraXAA 3 жыл бұрын
Had an old professor in Archaeology who was a bit of a snooze in the classroom (on a subject I can't even recall atm), but in the field and when lectures were about his personal baby (industrialization) he was GREAT. It really makes a massive difference!
@tvsinesperanto7446
@tvsinesperanto7446 5 жыл бұрын
I grew up watching the Prof on TV. He was singularly responsible for my lifelong interest in science and physics and is probably the main reason that I became an Engineer. As a very young kid of 6 or 7 I sat glued to the TV watching his demonstrations of physical principles. OH IT WENT! OH MAMA MIA IT WENT!!! I missed it. We'll have to do it again. Awesome!!!
@ZilogBob
@ZilogBob 4 жыл бұрын
Exactly the same for me!!
@daoudbaloch5699
@daoudbaloch5699 3 жыл бұрын
Hi dear great to see you I M aslo inspired By this great professor and got myself admitted in mechanical engineering .I think your and my thinking and inspirations match... Hope you are reading this reply I will love to be your friend so that we may do some fruitful discussions
@ozboomer_au
@ozboomer_au 3 жыл бұрын
Another 'me too' :) ... He was such a great teacher, who was my first experience of physics of mechanics and thermodynamics. His joy in this particular episode is so infectious :) Although, the credits show this program is called "Why it is so", which was from the 1970s, where the original series from the 1960s was "Why is it so?". These programs would generate an hour of discussion with my Dad after each episode :)) Here in Oz, this led to a few science-focused educational shows in the 1970s, my favourite probably being 'The Curiosity Show'.
@DodgyBrothersEngineering
@DodgyBrothersEngineering 3 жыл бұрын
@tvsinesperanto he was also singularly responsible for many milk bottles being returned with eggs in them.
@tvsinesperanto7446
@tvsinesperanto7446 3 жыл бұрын
@@DodgyBrothersEngineering LOL. Those Cadbury ads have a lot to answer for!
@antoniop3352
@antoniop3352 3 жыл бұрын
I grew up on Prof.’s Miller syndication and learned and enjoyed every minute of his teachings.
@jaysonsharp4732
@jaysonsharp4732 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely loved watching this man as a kid. His enthusiasm was contagious! 😃
@bippythe
@bippythe 3 жыл бұрын
I love this beautiful buzzard of a science teacher. I've watched him thousands of times as a child and credit him with at least 20% of my science nerd cred. I'm happy to know he meant so much to others. "I like it so I'm going to do it again ." Well said Professor Miller. You are missed.
@wyattarich
@wyattarich 3 жыл бұрын
I wish I had seen this as a kid, though it's still great as an adult. He will be missed very much.
@14goldmedals
@14goldmedals 3 жыл бұрын
I was lucky to see him Saturday mornings in short segments. Hilarious House of Frightenstein, a Canadian kids tv show. He was also hired for Cadbury TV ads to try explain how they got the caramel into the chocolate bar lol.
@quagernag
@quagernag 3 жыл бұрын
haven’t heard of him but I’m about to go find more.
@OweN-hu6uy
@OweN-hu6uy 2 жыл бұрын
Me too, i watched him every week, and "this week has 7 days"
@ZilogBob
@ZilogBob 2 жыл бұрын
@Norm Meunier I too got into electronics, largely inspired by him and his insistence on *imagination*. 👍
@daviddempsey8721
@daviddempsey8721 5 жыл бұрын
As a young boy, I audio taped these shows and transcribed them, learning of the fundamentals of physics well before school taught me. The professor's daily Millergrams in the Advertiser filled another scrap book. Inspiring learning through problems. Guess what - schools have now re-discovered problem based learning !
@andrewjorlin
@andrewjorlin 3 жыл бұрын
His excitement is amazingly heartwarming, ive seen few classes delivered with such joy during my education, good job sir wherever you are!
@royalarmy1837
@royalarmy1837 2 жыл бұрын
He's still doing what makes him happy at an old age. This old man really loves his job.
@koosvanzyl2605
@koosvanzyl2605 3 жыл бұрын
Real old-time professor. What a joy to watch.
@paulwallis7586
@paulwallis7586 3 жыл бұрын
This guy used to teach on TV and he had a huge following. Why Is It So? used to be a catchphrase in Australia for a generation.
@Laz_Arus
@Laz_Arus 3 жыл бұрын
And on the other end of the aussie intelligence spectrum, we have a woman that uses the catchphrase ... "Please explain!"
@paulwallis7586
@paulwallis7586 3 жыл бұрын
@@Laz_Arus Yes, it's nice at that end of the spectrum, where on a sunny day you can see the oxalis rising out of their heads.
@JohnJ469
@JohnJ469 2 жыл бұрын
@@Laz_Arus While she does make idiotic comments at times, that one was a better effort than most politicians. She didn't understand the meaning of a word and wanted it explained to her. There was at least no pretence there.
@ProblmSolvd
@ProblmSolvd 3 жыл бұрын
This is so wholesome my heart could collapse like that barrel, what a wonderful teacher this man was.
@nilo70
@nilo70 2 жыл бұрын
“PHYSICS CAN BE FUN “. god I loved these !
@leswhynin913
@leswhynin913 3 жыл бұрын
Should have called an engineer at Castrol Oil who would have told him the barrel is rated to withstand either partial or full vacuum. R.I.P Professor Sumner Miller
@maxk4324
@maxk4324 3 жыл бұрын
And after he should've called their QC engineer and explained his findings.
@denelson83
@denelson83 3 жыл бұрын
We in Canada know this guy from The Hilarious House of Frightenstein.
@DevinDTV
@DevinDTV 3 жыл бұрын
but was the barrel rated to handle that pressure at the temperatures it was being subjected to?
@leswhynin913
@leswhynin913 3 жыл бұрын
@@DevinDTV fair question - I dont know. Did the barrel fail because of vacuum or because of overpressure or exceeding design temperature?
@danieljensen2626
@danieljensen2626 3 жыл бұрын
@@DevinDTV At the end the barrel should have been back down to roughly room temperature, maybe a little colder from the ice. I'm sure that's within the rated range. But obviously this barrel wasn't rated to hold a vacuum.
@thepochade5992
@thepochade5992 3 жыл бұрын
He was the last living student of Einstien's. Australia was so lucky to have him. He was a joy to watch.
@paulbrungardt9823
@paulbrungardt9823 3 жыл бұрын
He did not study under Einstein: Einstein=Princeton University. Miller=Boston College. New Jersey is a long way from Boston. Miller had no Doctorate. He mimicked Einstein's slovenly appearance. He taught basic physics at under graduate level. His name should not be mentioned in the same breath of Einstein.
@fatveganliberator
@fatveganliberator 3 жыл бұрын
​@@paulbrungardt9823 ​while I admire your passionate answer it is possible that Miller could actually be a student of his just not in the way that you think. If you think about it whenever we learn something new we become a student to that which has taught us in that moment. For example we can at times be students of nature when we realise stinging nettles hurt for example. We can also be students of each other; for example if a friend of yours tells you a fact that you didn't know, then in that moment you are their friend and their student. In that specific moment a student teacher set of roles has been formed and as such you can be considered your friends student; despite it not being in an academic sense.
@paulbrungardt9823
@paulbrungardt9823 3 жыл бұрын
@@fatveganliberator You never encountered him at El Camino Junior College. I Did. He was a good performer person than on stage. Good stage performance. Average Einstein imitation. Mean old , self important man.
@ViddyOJames
@ViddyOJames 3 жыл бұрын
@@paulbrungardt9823 who pissed in your coffee?
@alwaysdisputin9930
@alwaysdisputin9930 3 жыл бұрын
@@paulbrungardt9823 He didn't touch you did he?
@andrebartels1690
@andrebartels1690 3 жыл бұрын
What a legendary man. We need teachers who are excited by their topics like kids. This excitement is contagious.
@goldCrystalhaze
@goldCrystalhaze 3 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful educator and person! I really miss him. He was the first person who made me love physics. I will never forget him!
@razzaqa149
@razzaqa149 3 жыл бұрын
Video: "It is important that we subscribe..." Me: Oh god not another youtuber trying to... oh wait this is from 1964.
@nellutterback
@nellutterback 3 жыл бұрын
1:01
@JohnSmith-eo5sp
@JohnSmith-eo5sp 3 жыл бұрын
1:45 The lamp saturation effect proves that - - the primitive magnetic tape recording of the time: mid-1950s to mid-1960s
@hanikgraf1186
@hanikgraf1186 3 жыл бұрын
hahaha my thoughts exactly lmao
@razzaqa149
@razzaqa149 3 жыл бұрын
@Billy Bob thanks for the English lesson Billy Bob
@Sorak311
@Sorak311 3 жыл бұрын
In another lecture he has a KZfaq he said. Then shows a glass tube shaped like a "U"
@Milaaq302
@Milaaq302 3 жыл бұрын
"let us abandon it, Anderson" oh, classic phrasing
@krakensic669
@krakensic669 3 жыл бұрын
Lololol
@asquare9316
@asquare9316 11 ай бұрын
I absolutely love Prof. Miller
@michaelpage7691
@michaelpage7691 5 ай бұрын
When he first came on the tv, I watched him every day with great fascination and wonder. He was a brilliant teacher. 👍🏻🇦🇺
@anthonywhelan5419
@anthonywhelan5419 5 жыл бұрын
Loved this lunatic as a kid. I loved his ranting asides, i.e. while explaining a Latin word, spent most of the program denouncing the education system's lack of support for the teaching of Latin in schools and how important Latin was for one's proper education.
@thesorrentosmoon4693
@thesorrentosmoon4693 3 жыл бұрын
Oh this took me back to my childhood, on a Saturday morning in Australia l would watch Professor Julius Sumner Miller. l think l was about 8 or 9 and my brother and l used to think he was the Mad Professor. All through my life, l have used his catch cry, " Why is this so?" He truly made an impression me and wish there were more like him today. This clip made me laugh so hard, l had tears in my eyes. Thank you Professor for all you did for the children of the world.
@yeadontwearitout
@yeadontwearitout 3 жыл бұрын
I never thought about that, latin would actually be useful to recognize and understand medical terminology. Practical information unlike advanced algebra
@Cashcrop54
@Cashcrop54 3 жыл бұрын
The ten cloud types are all from latin as well. Having a bit of latin would be very good. Im too old to tackle it now.
@HoffAppFarm
@HoffAppFarm 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed!!! I LOVED watching his program, on PBS, I believe. I think that one was called "Experiments in Physics"
@arrowb3408
@arrowb3408 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, it is esp in medical, math, biology as well as law field.
@bikeboysyd292
@bikeboysyd292 3 жыл бұрын
When I was a child I can not explain the impact this man had on my life. He was an exuberant, confident, passionate and above all entertaining teacher. I wonder how many children like myself he influenced .
@SpaceSnaxxx
@SpaceSnaxxx 2 жыл бұрын
I LOVE this, his joy is infectious!
@robinharwood5044
@robinharwood5044 2 жыл бұрын
I remember these. We watched every episode. Great stuff!
@grimace1965
@grimace1965 3 жыл бұрын
He was an honorary Australian, a master at physics. I loved watching his show as a child. This amazing man had Australia spellbound every Sunday on ABC. To this day I still ask why is it so?
@emmfranklin
@emmfranklin 3 жыл бұрын
1:01 the first man in history asking us to subscribe his channel in a very cool way.
@Darryl_Frost
@Darryl_Frost 3 жыл бұрын
Nice catch!
@stivi739
@stivi739 3 жыл бұрын
Haha nailed it lol
@wizdude
@wizdude 3 жыл бұрын
That’s exactly what I was thinking when he said it! In my mind he was about to say “subscribe and like this video” 😂
@mutualbeard
@mutualbeard 2 жыл бұрын
I remember watching these demonstrations as a young child in the 60's. At the time I could not fully comprehend the meaning but they gave me a strong belief in scientific enquiry...... "Why is it so??" Thank you Professor.
@firstnamelastname3468
@firstnamelastname3468 3 жыл бұрын
I was sort of raised by TV, and this gentleman was a pioneer in teaching us physics and science thru TV. Divine rebirth Professor, I became an engineer and have made some great stuff(ready to do more) and I very fondly remember your interesting teaching shows, you and the space program got a lot of kids into science. Thank You whoever put this together. I hope you(Professor Julius Sumner Miller) get to see/understand some of the best science done here on earth, the moon, Mars and beyond since you were last a "BoobToob influencer"(my invented word), now a KZfaq influencer(what we call it now), Kudos. Know how positively you influenced and advanced us all, thank you.
@JustMe-uc1lt
@JustMe-uc1lt 5 жыл бұрын
Please, please, please upload all of his videos.
@mescellaneous
@mescellaneous 5 жыл бұрын
his handwriting is insanely good
@paulvangemmeren9351
@paulvangemmeren9351 5 жыл бұрын
That's because it was being _taught_ back then.
@swirledworld340
@swirledworld340 5 жыл бұрын
he writes his "f" like a 7...
@kelleytm57
@kelleytm57 5 жыл бұрын
I had years of penmanship in school! People today will remark on my handwriting My children look on in wide eyed wonder. Why is this no longer taught? Look at the artistry of the various asian or arabic writing.
@feliscorax
@feliscorax 3 жыл бұрын
@@paulvangemmeren9351 Exactly. My mother sent me to calligraphy classes for this same reason.
@SciHeartJourney
@SciHeartJourney 3 жыл бұрын
That was awesome! Thank you.
@Gribbo9999
@Gribbo9999 3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! What a brilliant communicator.
@heitormorgado
@heitormorgado 3 жыл бұрын
6:59 "I am ready to dance for joy!" What a character! so genuinely excited
@rodneymcgiveron
@rodneymcgiveron 3 жыл бұрын
I remember this when I was the age the kids depicted ..He kind of scared me a little bit with his sharp voice but what a great teacher he was...
@thehunter8714
@thehunter8714 3 жыл бұрын
This is the kind of energy I need he seemed like an absolutely amazing guy to be around
@Phicheee
@Phicheee 3 жыл бұрын
He had a segment on the children's show _The Hilarious House of Frightenstein_ back in the 70s, which is how I was introduced to him. He made math, science and physics oh so approachable, even to an analytical pleb such as I. Thank you, Professor Sumner Miller. This video was a joy to watch. "IT WENT!"
@seanbrockest3888
@seanbrockest3888 10 ай бұрын
I knew I recognized him!
@dogfish58rox
@dogfish58rox 3 жыл бұрын
As a primary school student in the early seventies I saw Julius. He did not tell us what he was doing with the 44gal (200 ltr) drum...he just fiddled with the gas burner, then the lid, and continued with another experiment. The implosion was awesome, especially as it was unexpected. My fascination with all things science was certainly well fed!
@geraldfrost4710
@geraldfrost4710 3 жыл бұрын
Back in the 70 I had a chemistry teacher who made nitroglycerin in class. He did it while the teaching assistant took roll. He didn't tell us what he was doing, not the ingredients, and not the amounts. He titrated the result, and dried the filter paper on the lecture table. It was a boring lecture hall, and after a few minutes of "intro to the periodic table", as students were tuning him out, he whacked the paper with a spoon. BOOM! "Well, the nitro I made seems to be working," and he went back to his lecture. Attention recaptured! That was education worth paying for! I doubt you'd be able to do that today. I imagine campus police escorting the teacher off the grounds.
@EarlJohn61
@EarlJohn61 3 жыл бұрын
@@geraldfrost4710 We had a chemistry teacher that had us making some banana essence (about 50% ethanol, we had to distil this)... that was fine *(although illegal)* until two of the students had their stoppered flasks clip each other & spill their contents on the wooden floor: The resulting smell was so great that we couldn't use that lab again for that semester, they had to sand & seal the floor!
@shagmesilly78
@shagmesilly78 3 жыл бұрын
If only all teachers were this passionate about their jobs. In my honest opinion, if teachers are excited and are able to portray their excitement onto the students, I believe the students will learn a great deal more, as the class will be more interesting. Great video, thanks for uploading!
@StuTheDon17
@StuTheDon17 3 жыл бұрын
I accidentally enrolled myself in the top English class in year 10 at school (don't ask me how I did that). I arrived for the first class, realised I was in the wrong class and told the teacher. He said to me to sit down and have a go... He was an amazing teacher. Equally as passionate about the English subject as old mate here is with physics. I stuck with it, and I passed. I guarantee if I had any other teacher in that same class, I would have been a lost soul.
@randallulrich
@randallulrich 3 жыл бұрын
I teach, and your comment rings true. I am very enthusiastic and passionate about my subject, and my students have always told me that they love my classes because it's clear that I love teaching and I love my subject; they tell me that my enthusiasm is very infectious and they have fun learning. A few of my students have even come back to me later on in life, telling me that because of my classes, they pursued the subject further on their own, and a few even made careers of it. Yes. The right teacher can make all the difference in a student's life, regardless of the subject.
@shagmesilly78
@shagmesilly78 3 жыл бұрын
@@randallulrich That's awesome Randall. It must be nice to know that you impacted those students lives in such a manner! You get an A+ :)
@randallulrich
@randallulrich 3 жыл бұрын
@@shagmesilly78: Probably the best students I ever had were my fencing students. (I said "subject" in my earlier comment because I teach a variety of subjects.) Among other things, I teach competitive fencing (foil, epee, sabre), and when I'm teaching that, everyone is having the time of their lives. I've had numerous students sign up for my courses multiple times just so they could experience my classes again. I teach for the love of teaching, and to see the pure joy of my students learning. When it comes to teaching, money means nothing to me. Teaching is its own reward. But thank you for the compliment. It's appreciated.
@sikanderali3305
@sikanderali3305 2 жыл бұрын
What a lovely teacher
@elizabetholiviaclark
@elizabetholiviaclark 3 жыл бұрын
I've been a JSM fan for years! And when I discovered him on You Tube, I was positively thrilled. I love the devotion he had to physics, his teaching style, and certainly the excitement he showed during his lessons. "It went! It went! It went! Oh, mama mia! I am ready to dance for joy." Yup, I'm in the cult for sure.
@WinrichNaujoks
@WinrichNaujoks 3 жыл бұрын
He's so adorable when he's happy that his experiment worked! He reminds me very much of my chemistry teacher. They even share some mannerisms, which is astounding, since there's no way way chemistry teacher would have known JSM.
@Carobmoth
@Carobmoth 5 жыл бұрын
Hilarious House of Frightenstein. I grew up watching the Professor on that show every weekday morning before the school bus came to pick us up.
@takeoffyourblinkers
@takeoffyourblinkers 5 жыл бұрын
Those were the days my friend, I thought they'd never end...
@fr-ep4fv
@fr-ep4fv 4 жыл бұрын
REMEMBER?? THIS IS WHEN THEY ACTUALLY TAUGHT !!! I have been looking SOOOOOOOOOOOO long for this professor and NO one could remember him! He was one reason I am an engineering technologist today!!
@SirSSau
@SirSSau 3 жыл бұрын
A schools bus picked you up in Australia? or elsewhere?
@oxorox972
@oxorox972 3 жыл бұрын
@@SirSSau i watched it in Australia
@SirSSau
@SirSSau 3 жыл бұрын
@@oxorox972 I was just curious if there was school buses back in the day in Australia.
@omarbilla
@omarbilla 3 жыл бұрын
Passionate, dedicated and physics lover ❤️ Phew! that was wonderful.
@businessclarityptyltd5114
@businessclarityptyltd5114 2 жыл бұрын
This man was the highlight of my Christmas Holidays as a Kid with the Summer School of Science, such enthusiasm.
@siobhanc777
@siobhanc777 4 жыл бұрын
1:10 amazingly straight line!!!
@keeperofthecheese
@keeperofthecheese 4 жыл бұрын
A lifetime in front of the blackboard!
@ArieteArmsRAMLITE
@ArieteArmsRAMLITE 3 жыл бұрын
Yup
@Cashcrop54
@Cashcrop54 3 жыл бұрын
Does great circles too.
@davidbrayshaw3529
@davidbrayshaw3529 3 жыл бұрын
Many years ago my Dad worked with him. Dad described him as an absolute gentleman and as honest as the day is long. I don't think that MAFS or Big Brother is goin to find a replacement anytime soon.
@paulbrungardt9823
@paulbrungardt9823 3 жыл бұрын
Where did he work with this egomaniac? He pretended to be a friend of Einstein, but he was not fit to wipe Einstein's boots.
@typetersen8809
@typetersen8809 3 жыл бұрын
@@paulbrungardt9823 Fly away, Paul. You're boring everyone.
@davidbrayshaw3529
@davidbrayshaw3529 3 жыл бұрын
@@paulbrungardt9823 He worked with him on an advertising campaign. My father's assessment of his character did not match yours.
@paulbrungardt9823
@paulbrungardt9823 3 жыл бұрын
@@davidbrayshaw3529 David, Your father was not a student...completely different dynamics. I knew him from the standpoint of being a student. He was degrading to students in the classroom. He could put on a good act on stage.
@paulbrungardt9823
@paulbrungardt9823 3 жыл бұрын
@@typetersen8809 You must have been the elementary school student who brought a shiny apple to your teacher each day.
@ricky5408
@ricky5408 3 жыл бұрын
I used to watch this bloke when i was young, at the time i did not recognize the enthusiasm, great stuff Professor.
@immrnoidall
@immrnoidall 2 жыл бұрын
I've always loved watching this guy.
@fyiaustralia9686
@fyiaustralia9686 5 жыл бұрын
I grew up on Julius Sumner Miller. Australia's first popular science expert. He laid the foundation for other pop science shows. And he sold Cadbury chocolate to us all.
@forgivemenot1
@forgivemenot1 3 жыл бұрын
LoL, I'd almost forgotten that 'glass and a half of milk' catchphrase!
@JustMeHereAtHome
@JustMeHereAtHome 5 жыл бұрын
Love this man, I grew up watching his antics, a master educator that appealed to kids in a way that's lost today.
@spritemon98
@spritemon98 3 жыл бұрын
The closet I can think of is bill nye
@TikkiEXX
@TikkiEXX 3 жыл бұрын
I think kids nowadays would love this guy.
@daniellebcooper7160
@daniellebcooper7160 3 жыл бұрын
You summed it up perfectly.
@986Ste
@986Ste 3 жыл бұрын
This warmed my soul
@homeinthewoods957
@homeinthewoods957 2 жыл бұрын
Man I wish I had a teacher like him. Maybe then school would have been fun. He is amazing to watch.
@441rider
@441rider 2 ай бұрын
He was my teacher on Hilarious House of Frightenstein. LOL! Filmed in Toronto or Montreal not sure.
@anthward1972
@anthward1972 3 жыл бұрын
Bring this back to TV. The kids of today could do with learning from JSM. He’s a legend...
@Bishop0178
@Bishop0178 3 жыл бұрын
It is black and white You'd have to handcuff them to the couch,
@lisogie
@lisogie 3 жыл бұрын
@@Bishop0178 it depends on if you have smart or stupid children
@BBC600
@BBC600 3 жыл бұрын
@@Bishop0178 I have a feeling you underestimate the children of today.
@Bishop0178
@Bishop0178 3 жыл бұрын
@@BBC600 i hope so
@dermie52
@dermie52 3 жыл бұрын
The current generation can't get their heads out of their phones.
@jeffwads
@jeffwads 3 жыл бұрын
You can't fake or beat raw enthusiasm. This man had it all.
@robertlaube574
@robertlaube574 3 жыл бұрын
I love how happy he was when it went.
@kayakMike1000
@kayakMike1000 2 жыл бұрын
Omg takes me back to my childhood. Used to watch this guy with my dad.
@bondubasher
@bondubasher 3 жыл бұрын
Love his enthusiasm
@ParArdua
@ParArdua 3 жыл бұрын
He seemed to be more highly regarded in Australia than the US. As a kid, his voice terrified me.
@mickplant5186
@mickplant5186 3 жыл бұрын
SAME ! But he mystified me and i thought his experiments were magical.
@elizabetholiviaclark
@elizabetholiviaclark 3 жыл бұрын
I'm in the US, and I adore him, but my ex and I found him accidentally on tv one day when we were cruising through the channels. I think that was in the early 1990s. I'd never heard his name before, but we both started watching him after that. We just loved his enthusiasm. Who wouldn't?
@nikiTricoteuse
@nikiTricoteuse 3 жыл бұрын
l watched him as a small child in New Zealand in the 60s. Don't remember being frightened of his voice but, was possibly too distracted to notice as, l absolutely adored his programme and had no doubt he was so clever it was borderline magical.
@bethymears2648
@bethymears2648 3 жыл бұрын
I love you Julius Sumner Miller,for being a part of my childhood,while I watched your shows.♥️
@knockonwall
@knockonwall 3 жыл бұрын
Love the energy of this professor
@Smartlib_lol
@Smartlib_lol 3 жыл бұрын
The pure joy in his face when it went! It is such an infectious joy,...
@hughjohnson2674
@hughjohnson2674 3 жыл бұрын
I loved this as a kid and am convinced something like it would go well today.
@anthonykelly1872
@anthonykelly1872 3 жыл бұрын
I also loved this show as a kid, I did not understand a lot of it, hey I was pre primary school for most of it, but I did get to understand the basic concepts even then. he was a brilliant communicator and teacher who obviously loved sharing his knowledge and helping people to expand theirs. I still use his famous catch phrase, "Why is it so?" but there are few people who recognize it now unless it has the Cadbury ads attachment. I love it when someone else reacts positively to the original, rare nowdays, but we always share a smile, remembering this amazing man!
@zeromotivation1817
@zeromotivation1817 3 жыл бұрын
I too have fond memories of this show, but i fear it would not do as well today. Not "exciting" enough, i hope i am wrong.
@russellking9762
@russellking9762 3 жыл бұрын
i loved this guy too....respected...mesmerising....fascinating...and a style all of his own...could explain the whys and what fors of a dripping tap and in such a way it would have you on the edge of your seat...Gifted..!
@gregraymond428
@gregraymond428 3 жыл бұрын
I’m old enough to remember Prof. Miller even doing some ads for Cadbury. This man was so cool way back then. He always looked and sounded cranky with everything but he wasn’t. He was just great.👍🇦🇺☮️😁
@echelon2k8
@echelon2k8 3 жыл бұрын
Ah, so he was that guy! Thought I hadn't heard of him until today.
@Boballoo
@Boballoo Жыл бұрын
I love when scientists get excited by physics. It inspires me and makes me want to go back to school.
@Luke14616
@Luke14616 3 жыл бұрын
I'm watching this on a smart phone 50 some-odd years later. No one who made this video could have imagined that.
@richyearle007
@richyearle007 3 жыл бұрын
Subtly he inferred "it's important that we subscribe"...Truly a man beyond his times.;)
@KurtCollier
@KurtCollier 3 жыл бұрын
I really love this guy, I have watched a bunch of videos of his demonstrations, and this is genuinely the first time I have seen him at a loss for words for a moment. Every other demonstration I have seen that fails, he just moves on and gets into another demo. This guy was great.
@alfredowaltergutierrezmald834
@alfredowaltergutierrezmald834 3 жыл бұрын
This class is pure gold!
@AstronauticxGV
@AstronauticxGV 2 жыл бұрын
FANtastic ! Equal to none. Caught every second of my attention.
@marcfedak
@marcfedak 5 жыл бұрын
This guy is great! Very entertaining, knowledgeable (and wise), and his enthusiasm for his subject is contagious.
@TET2005
@TET2005 5 жыл бұрын
"Faith in Physics" - this statement rekindled my interests in Physics...
@bethymears2648
@bethymears2648 3 жыл бұрын
Same.
@grandebigy
@grandebigy 3 жыл бұрын
Trust , not faith . Faith is blind ,science is skeptical yet inquisitive
@TET2005
@TET2005 3 жыл бұрын
@@grandebigy Dude did you even watched the video? It was faith... haha.
@dcgeeked8917
@dcgeeked8917 3 жыл бұрын
@@grandebigy he asked you a question
@grandebigy
@grandebigy 3 жыл бұрын
@@dcgeeked8917 obviously i did but as usual religious people see things so it fits their narrative .science has no faith , it requires verification to confirm hypothesis . Even then it is willing to question theories that have been proven. That is not faith , its confidence at best .
@Highley1958
@Highley1958 3 жыл бұрын
I love his energy.
@Ktki10
@Ktki10 3 ай бұрын
Ah, fond memories! Loved this programme...
@JohnSmith-eo5sp
@JohnSmith-eo5sp 3 жыл бұрын
1:45 The saturation effect of that lamp light he uses proves this show was recorded on the cheap video tape recorders of that era, the era that gave us those tacky episodes of Twilight Zone's first two seasons
@Watson1
@Watson1 3 жыл бұрын
If he was my teacher I would have stayed at school and finished my finales, and would have had a much better life. Education is so important.
@spiritgaming1442
@spiritgaming1442 3 жыл бұрын
There seems to be a difference between people who actually enjoy teaching and sharing knowledge to people who just shoehorn their way through life only to end up looking after a bunch of kids in a run down facility thats suppose to be a place for bringing up the next generation
@Scipher77
@Scipher77 3 жыл бұрын
Its never too late.
@stevedoetsch
@stevedoetsch 3 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, blame the teacher for your poor behavior in school. You're wasting time on youtube while ironically claiming you would learn something if only you had the "right teacher."
@spiritgaming1442
@spiritgaming1442 3 жыл бұрын
@@stevedoetsch Its not his fault either, most likely this dude lives in the U.S, our school system is screwed up. Ontop of this I absolutely hate school. But I still get good grades. Really this is the school systems fault, and the teachers fault for not trying to make it work instead giving in and just not caring.
@ShadeScarecrow
@ShadeScarecrow 3 жыл бұрын
​@@stevedoetsch Pretty much every school system is inherently flawed. The assumption that every child can learn the same way is already absolutely ridiculous. And there are many more factors. A teacher that just dials it in every day, repeating his curriculum every day for years on end without any shred of motivation will have a hard time to motivate his students. So yea, teachers can be at fault, but obviously you can´t put all the blame on them.
@hvze9848
@hvze9848 3 жыл бұрын
I could listen to this voice forever
@matyloque
@matyloque 3 жыл бұрын
What a gem, thanks ABC
@mericagunsfreedomandlove.8985
@mericagunsfreedomandlove.8985 4 жыл бұрын
Why can't TV be like this again. MAKE TV GREAT AGAIN.
@djackman4229
@djackman4229 4 жыл бұрын
People dont realise the effect the baby boom and consequent youth revolution of the late 60s had on society. There were enormous amounts of young people then being young they favoured feel good solutions over integrity - because of their numbers (caused when soldiers returned to civilian life at the end of WW2) they damaged conservative society. 50 years later its a cancer thats spread so now instead of a system intended to be good for everyone, now everyone plays the system for advantage - and as a result, amongst many other things tv is uninspiring. But Prof Sumner Miller in 1964 was before this and a product of integrity - he thinks deeply seeking physics principles and has a joy in communicating them to others - the result is wonderful, inspiring and joyful to watch. What hes got is what is missing from modern society and we are in deep trouble until we bite the bullet and live properly again.
@Graeme_Lastname
@Graeme_Lastname 3 жыл бұрын
Because there's no money in it. The stupid know they are right and won't spend money on anything that contradicts that belief. Recently, here in Australia, a TV channel started that is nothing but religion. Just FYI. :)
@yer_old_pal_Jerky
@yer_old_pal_Jerky 3 жыл бұрын
@@djackman4229 If you think Professor Sumner Miller was some sort of torch-bearer for social conservatism -- or that he would have any truck whatsoever with today's degraded, troglodytic, self-described conservative movementarians -- then you've got another think coming, friendo.
@bangbang5793
@bangbang5793 3 жыл бұрын
@@yer_old_pal_Jerky I don’t think that’s what he was saying
@BushCampingTools
@BushCampingTools 3 жыл бұрын
Impossible the audience can only live of BS now and mindless spoon fed rubbish, that's what TV producers want in there formulaic productions. But I say blame that upon not them but the general TV audience of today.
@shizok8064
@shizok8064 3 жыл бұрын
i got the chills watching. THANK YOU
@helicart
@helicart 2 жыл бұрын
I loved old Julius. Used to watch him on tv when I got home from school occasionally. Enthusiasm is often infectious, especially in education.
@GrowlieDave
@GrowlieDave 3 жыл бұрын
That had me smiling like a loon, thank you. It has honestly made my day
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