Veritasium: Derek Muller Interview
Join us at https://www.meetup.com/52LivingIdeas/events/calendar/ for Daily Zoom Meetups like this one. We are delighted to interview Derek Muller, Mr Veritasium himself for this Meetup See: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA Derek Muller runs the educational science channel Veritasium on YouTube (with 7.4 Million Subscribers), the focus of which is "addressing counter-intuitive concepts in science, usually beginning by discussing ideas with members of the public". The videos range in style from interviews with experts, such as 2011 Physics Nobel Laureate Brian Schmidt, to science experiments, dramatisations, songs, and—a hallmark of the channel—interviews with the public to uncover misconceptions about science. The name Veritasium is a combination of the Latin word for truth, Veritas, and the suffix common to many elements, -ium. This creates Veritasium, an "element of truth", a play on the popular phrase and a reference to chemical elements...