The Guy Who Figured Out How Snowflakes Work
Dr Ken Libbrecht is the world expert on snowflakes, designer of custom snowflakes, snowflake consultant for the movie Frozen – his photos appear on postage stamps all over the world. This video is sponsored by Brilliant. The first 200 people to sign up via https://brilliant.org/veritasium get 20% off a yearly subscription.
Thanks to Dr Ken Libbrecht for showing us how to grow designer snowflakes. Obviously, this video would not have been possible without his help and his expertise. His website is full of information about snowflakes http://snowcrystals.com. His new book is also available to purchase from here — https://ve42.co/SnowCrystalsBook
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References:
Libbrecht, K. G. (2019). A Quantitative Physical Model of the Snow Crystal Morphology Diagram. arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.09067. — https://ve42.co/Libbrecht2019
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Written by Derek Muller
Filmed by Derek Muller, Raquel Nuno, Trenton Oliver and Emily Zhang
Edited by Trenton Oliver
Animations by Ivàn Tello and Trenton Oliver
Additional video supplied by Getty Images
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Produced by Derek Muller, Petr Lebedev and Emily Zhang
I love seeing someone speak as passionately as this dude talks about his snowflakes, great content
Could not have said it better. So wholesome.
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same vibe
Jeeze. Y’all are such a bunch of snowflakes.
Totally agree, that smile is not because he gets paid, it’s because he is a real Physicist. I love it!
A fraction of passion this guy has for snowflakes will make a massive difference in the world around us.
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that’s smart 😀
also I’d like to know why are individual snoflakes only a few cenitmeters at max size
I don’t know of an explanation . . . and could be because this is so complex
“Figuring out!!”, the drive and the motivation that has led to the development of the humanity, and that curiosity of figuring things out is nothing but a blessing I would say. Once again an awesome video/ content from you, keep up the good work mate.
Man, He’s so wholesome and clearly loves what he does. I love it
You can feel how much Ken likes learning about snowflakes from his face. He was enthusiastic from the start to the end of the video.
He’s a perfect example of “If you love your work you’ll never work a day in your life.” He just feels like he’s playing all day and getting paid for it.
I think he wonders though :p
I’m thankful that there are people who have such strong passions that they take time to learn as much as they can with no promise for money, fame, or even real use. So thank you Dr. Ken, Veritasium, and everyone who enjoys asking questions and finding answers!
“We just kept making books until they sold 0 copies and then we stopped” Sound strategy I respect this man.
Ken for president!
Kinda made me sad, if I had more tha 10 euros in my debit card I would buy one
“We have to know how that works damn it!” That may be the best definition of science I’ve ever heard. Absolutely love you and Dr. Libbrecht! Thanks for introducing him to us 🙂
He is such nice and genuine guy.
The coolest thing about this video in my opinion, is how snowflakes are so small yet arranged, that we can actually look at a representation of every molecule inside the snowflake, and how it comes to form its macro shape. This is very unique!!!
“Finding out!!” is the drive and motivation that has led to humanity’s development, and that curiosity of figuring things out is nothing but a blessing, in my opinion. Once again, an excellent video/content from you, keep up the good work mate.