Protons and Neutrons: A Song

2009-06-03 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Science & nature · comedy performance

Hank sings that everything, down to his guitar string and the finger that plucks it, is built from atoms, and that we see only a fraction of a fraction of the world, so there may be much more beauty out there.

What is said

00:00:00 — Intro and verse 1: protons, neutrons and electron clouds in atoms stacked into a guitar string

• ★★ Hank sings that his guitar string is made of atoms (protons, neutrons, electron clouds) packed into lattices among billions and trillions of others. — 00:00:12

00:00:56 — Chorus: we see a fraction of a fraction of the world

• ★★★ Hank sings that we see only a fraction of a fraction of the world, and even what we see is just photonic reactions. — 00:00:56
• ★★★ Hank sings that we think the world is gorgeous and incomparable, but ask how we could ever know when there's so much more out there. — 00:00:56

00:01:32 — Verse 2: carbon, oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen forming proteins in beta pleated sheets, growing from his finger

• ★★ Hank sings that carbon, oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen form proteins stacked into beta pleated sheets, making the thing that grows out from his finger and strikes the guitar string. — 00:01:32

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