The Most Important Material Ever Made

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Glass is one of the most important materials humans have ever made. Try out Saily by heading to https://saily.com/veritasium and remember to use coupon code veritasium to get 15% off your first purchase. 00:00 Glass and our place in the universe 01:23 How Gorilla Glass works 04:35 What is glass? 05:15 Is glass a liquid? 07:29 Different types of glass 09:59 Invention of transparent glass 11:56 Why is some glass transparent? 14:54 Invention of glass lenses 15:52 Development of magnification 18:02 How to make glass more durable ▀▀▀ Join us on Patreon for early access videos, bonus content, and to support Veritasium! https://ve42.co/PatreonDE Patrons: Adam Foreman, Albert Wenger, Alexander Tamas, Anton Ragin, Balkrishna Heroor, Bertrand Serlet, Bill Linder, Blake Byers, Bruce, Dave Kircher, David Johnston, Evgeny Skvortsov, Garrett Mueller, Gnare, Greg Scopel, I. H., John H. Austin, Jr., Juan Benet, KeyWestr, Kirill Shore, Kyi, Lee Redden, Marinus Kuivenhoven, Matthias Wrobel, Meekay, Michael Krugman, Orlando Bassotto, Paul Peijzel, Reed Spilmann, Richard Sundvall, Sam Lutfi, TTST, Tj Steyn, Ubiquity Ventures, gpoly, john kiehl, meg noah, wolfee If you’re looking for a molecular modeling kit, try Snatoms, a kit I invented where the atoms snap together magnetically - https://ve42.co/SnatomsV ▀▀▀ References: https://ve42.co/GlassReferences ▀▀▀ Directed by Petr Lebedev Written by Petr Lebedev and Derek Muller Edited by Nick Lear Animated by Fabio Albertelli, Ivy Tello, David Szakaly and Rokas Viksraitis Illustrated by Jakub Misiek, Emma Wright, and Maria Gusakovich Filmed by Petr Lebedev, Sulli Yost and Miranda Prise Additional research by Gabe Strong, Geeta Thakur Produced by Petr Lebedev, Derek Muller, Rob Beasley Spence, Gabe Strong, and Tori Brittain Thumbnail contributions by Jakub Misiek, Ren Hurley and Peter Sheppard Additional video/photos supplied by Getty Images, Storyblocks Music from Epidemic Sound