Professor Dave Explains

Professor Dave Explains

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  • Manipulating Rational Expressions: Simplification and Operations

    Are you tired of algebra yet? Come on, it's fun! Before we dive into graphing, let's just do a little bookkeeping with rational expressions. We have to be able to easily simplify, add, subtract, multiply, and divide these, otherwise the more complex algebra that comes later will be impossible. Don't worry, it's not too bad!

    Watch the whole Mathematics playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveMath

    Classical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1
    Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2
    General Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChem
    Organic Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChem
    Biochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochem
    Biology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBio

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    14 min
  • Kumada Reaction

    We've made it to our final cross-coupling reaction, the Kumada reaction, developed by Makoto Kumada. This one utilizes Grignard reagents, and nickel chemistry is involved in addition to the standard palladium chemistry. Let's take a look!

    Watch the whole Inorganic/Organometallic Chemistry playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveInorganic

    General Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChem
    Organic Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChem
    Biochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochem
    Biology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBio
    Classical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1
    Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2
    Mathematics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveMath

    EMAIL► [email protected]
    PATREON► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplains

    Check out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!
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    9 min
  • Mass Spectrometry

    Who wants to smash molecules into little bits? A mass spectrometer does, that's who. This is a good technique for corroborating molecular structure, because we can make sure the puzzle pieces fit the right way. Check it out!

    Watch the whole Organic Chemistry playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChem

    General Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChem
    Biochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochem
    Biology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBio
    Classical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1
    Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2
    Mathematics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveMath

    EMAIL► [email protected]
    PATREON► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplains

    Check out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!
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    Bookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADM

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    8 min
  • Discussing Deprogramming From Religion With a Live Caller (Skeptic Haven)

    Skeptic Haven is a show that I appear on from time to time which features live callers on topics pertaining to religion and science, and the calls range from highly contentious to thought-provoking and constructive. Here is one of them.

    Check out Skeptic Haven: www.youtube.com/ ⁨@SkepticHaven⁩

    Watch my other debunks/debates/discussions: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveDebunk

    EMAIL► [email protected]
    PATREON► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplains

    Check out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!
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    Bookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADM
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    16 min
  • NMR Spectroscopy

    What are these things?! All the lines! Splitting? Integration? This is the most confusing thing I've ever seen! OK, take it easy chief. Let Professor Dave take you through the very basics of interpreting NMR spectra.

    Watch the whole Organic Chemistry playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChem

    General Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChem
    Biochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochem
    Biology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBio
    Classical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1
    Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2
    Mathematics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveMath

    EMAIL► [email protected]
    PATREON► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplains

    Check out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!
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    Bookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADM

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    20 min
  • Mammalian Diversity Part 1: Egg-Laying Mammals (Monotremes)

    What are the clades within Class Mammalia? One of them is the monotremes, or the egg-laying mammals. Everyone knows about the platypus, but what else is in this clade? Let's find out!

    Script by Ryan Helcoski

    Watch the whole Zoology playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveZoo

    General Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChem
    Organic Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChem
    Biochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochem
    Biology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBio
    Anatomy & Physiology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveAnatPhys
    Microbiology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveMicrobio
    Botany Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBotany

    EMAIL► [email protected]
    PATREON► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplains

    Check out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!
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    Bookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADM

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    8 min
  • Ancient India Part 1: The Indus Valley Civilization (3500 – 2000 BCE)

    So far we've been focused predominately on Mesopotamia and the Near East. But the Indian subcontinent is also home to one of the earliest civilizations in human history, the Indus Valley civilization. When did this begin? Where were these people from and what were they like? Let's find out!

    Script by Peter Wyetzner

    Watch the whole World History playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveWorldHistory

    American History Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveAmericanHistory
    Italian Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveItalian
    Classical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1
    Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2
    General Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChem
    Organic Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChem
    Biochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochem
    Biology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBio

    EMAIL► [email protected]
    PATREON► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplains

    Check out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!
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    Bookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADM

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    14 min
  • RFK Jr. is Dangerously Stupid

    Go to consensus.app for a new way to search through primary scientific literature!

    Science denial is dangerous no matter who is promoting it, but it's ten times worse when it's coming from people in positions of political power. In February, RFK Jr. was appointed by Donald Trump to act as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees CDC, NIH, and FDA. Bobby also is famous for profiting from spreading lies about vaccines, denying the germ theory of disease, and just generally being a complete maniac masquerading as someone who cares about public health, largely coasting off of his family name. It's time for everyone to see exactly who this guy is, and this video will be an extremely detailed analysis of his views, behavior, and the policies he has enacted during his very short time in office. Please watch, share with others, and use your voice. It's time to start fighting back.

    0:07:25 - Chapter 1: The Chronic Disease Crisis
    0:18:37 - Chapter 2: Vaccine Misinformation
    0:41:55 - Chapter 3: Environmental Toxins
    0:52:16 - Chapter 4: Corporate Capture
    1:00:00 - Chapter 5: Real-World Harms
    1:06:58 - Chapter 6: Theater of the Macabre
    1:11:20 - Chapter 7: Pseudoscience Potpourri
    1:15:35 - Chapter 8: The MAHA Report
    1:19:47 - Chapter 9: HHS Leadership
    1:31:26 - Conclusion: The Path Forward

    Thanks to Zachary Payne for assisting in the research/writing that went towards making this video. Zach would love for you to check out his music: https://www.youtube.com/user/xxxCHANCExxx

    My video on Andrew Wakefield: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZBeepHwTtQ
    My video on water fluoridation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRnBHml8nto
    My video on vaccines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EPbylsBuzg
    My video on anti-intellectualism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKSyWqcKing

    Contact your representative and request that they put pressure on RFK to resign from office: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

    Riverkeeper debacle: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/02/robert-f-kennedy-jr-rfk-riverkeeper-egg-smuggler/
    Child mortality data: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041693/united-states-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
    Thimerosal study 1: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/197365
    UPF study: https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/S1550-4131(19)30248-7
    Food additive study: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(07)61306-3/abstract
    Autism study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16835068/
    MMR study 1: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa021134
    MMR study 2: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M18-2101
    MMR study 3: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2275444
    MMR study 4: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10376617/
    Immunization safety review: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20669467/
    Vaccine safety review: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25086160/
    Thimerosal study 2: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12480426/
    HPV vaccination study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25562266/
    Infanrix safety profile: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32729745/
    RECOVERY: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2021436
    SOLIDARITY: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2023184
    Cell phones and cancer: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35350069/
    Celiac study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26438584/
    Controversial Hayes atrazine study: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.082121499
    Microplastics: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep03263
    Raw milk epidemiology 1: https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.88.8.1219
    Raw milk epidemiology 2: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36280604/
    Nutrition and funding: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17214504/
    Samoa measles outbreak: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-samoa-measles-outbreak/
    Vitamin A and measles: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD001479.pub2/full
    MAH

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    2 hr
  • Practice Problem: Retrosynthesis of an Alcohol

    For this one we need to understand the key points of retrosynthetic analysis. What reactions make alcohols? How can we put this molecule together?

    Try all of the organic chemistry practice problems: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOCPP

    Organic Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChem

    EMAIL► [email protected]
    PATREON► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplains

    Check out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!
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    10 min
  • Flat Earthers are FREAKING OUT About Artemis II

    Use code professordave at https://incogni.com/professordave to get an exclusive 60% off.

    Did you guys know that flat earthers still exist? It's crazy, right? Despite the "community" being in shambles after the Antarctica trip, all your favorite douchebags like Eric Dubay, David Weiss, and Mark Sargent are still grifting their faces off. The recent Artemis II mission has really set them off, as you can expect. So much footage, so many images, a huge mountain of undeniable proof that the Earth isn't flat. How do you think they'll handle it? In the most intellectually bankrupt manner humanly possible? Bingo. Grab some popcorn and enjoy the show.

    Watch my other flat earth debunks: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveFlatEarth
    Watch all my other debunks/debates/discussions: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveDebunk

    EMAIL► [email protected]
    PATREON► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplains

    Check out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!
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    Bookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADM
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    1 hr

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Welcome! I have a knack for explaining stuff and I want to share some knowledge with you.I received a BA in chemistry from Carleton College, and performed graduate studies in both synthetic organic…