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Where did the stars go?
Desert Mother
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Creator - Educator - Artist making music, videos, words, & codes that connect you to the Universe & the spirit of curiosity

Passionate about science-accurate story-focused art for education

Proud generalist, uninterested in boundaries of medium, format & style

See you in the Universe...

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Verse is a project about the Universe & our place in it,
with a scientific foundation & an artful frame.

Inspiring educational awe & personal reflection, Verse aspires to remind us that we are not only deeply connected to the Universe, but we are made of the Universe. Come along as we explore our beautiful, ridiculous, poetic cosmos!

Verse is a synthesis of what I love to make
writing the videos,
composing their music,
& building code for accurate visuals


Feb 23, 2023
365 days in 365 seconds (2023) Feb 23, 2023
365 days in 365 seconds (2023)

One journey around the sun, contemplating the future time still to unfold, in all its surprising duration, even when squeezed into 365 seconds!


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Aug 28, 2022
Visiting MARS in Unreal Engine 5! Aug 28, 2022
Visiting MARS in Unreal Engine 5!

Having some fun on the surface of Mars using VerseView's high quality Unreal Engine Landscape pipeline!


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Aug 27, 2022
Explore THE MOON in Unreal Engine! Aug 27, 2022
Explore THE MOON in Unreal Engine!

Discovering the lunar surface using VerseView's high quality Unreal Engine Landscape pipeline!


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Aug 12, 2022
How I Remade “Clair De Lune” as a FOLK Song Aug 12, 2022
How I Remade “Clair De Lune” as a FOLK Song

Behind the scenes making an acoustic, folksy rendition of Clair De Lune, which you can listen to here!


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Jul 21, 2022
A Road Trip to the Moon, abridged Jul 21, 2022
A Road Trip to the Moon, abridged

If you could visit every planet in the solar system... Where would you go first, and why? 🪐


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Jan 18, 2022
Our Planetary Neighborhood (Series Trailer) Jan 18, 2022
Our Planetary Neighborhood (Series Trailer)

Trailer for the Verse Planets Series!


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Jan 1, 2022
Why I Reinvented The Calendar 🗓 (w/Science!) Jan 1, 2022
Why I Reinvented The Calendar 🗓 (w/Science!)

Calendars are sooo boring! I don't wanna live a rectangular life, fit into a bunch of square boxes, so I redesigned the calendar to reflect NATURE and the true motions of Earth around the sun 🌎🌞


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Dec 22, 2021
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Welcome to the Universe

The truth about where we come from, shamelessly anthropomorphizing massive stars and supernovae 🤍 Happy Birthday to you, even if it's not your birthday!


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Nov 20, 2021
What does it mean to share a moment in the universe? Nov 20, 2021
What does it mean to share a moment in the universe?

Exploring foundational questions of the Universe's arrival, departure, and togetherness, by contemplating the clouds above


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Nov 13, 2021
A cloud walks into a subway train Nov 13, 2021
A cloud walks into a subway train

Relativity of simultaneity as discovered by a cloud who walks into a subway train


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Mar 28, 2021
How to simulate 42,000 Starlinks | Live Stream Mar 28, 2021
How to simulate 42,000 Starlinks | Live Stream

Deep technical dive into a photometric simulation of Starlink satellite streaks and their impact on Astronomy


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Mar 14, 2021
Starlink & Astronomy | Deep Dive (Bonus) Mar 14, 2021
Starlink & Astronomy | Deep Dive (Bonus)

I've been SO CURIOUS about what Starlink's impact on astronomy really is. In the video, I'm excited to share the nerdy details of this issue, which I've been learning about for the last year.


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Feb 20, 2021
How Starlink is changing Astronomy Feb 20, 2021
How Starlink is changing Astronomy

When citylight erased the night sky, astronomy shifted to rural corners of the world. Now, Starlink and other internet constellations are threatening the darkest astronomical skies

  • even as communities in those rural places hold promise for equitable access

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Nov 15, 2020
Biology of Artificial Light At Night - Maja Grubisic Interview Nov 15, 2020
Biology of Artificial Light At Night - Maja Grubisic Interview

Interview deep dive into the effects of light pollution on plant & animal biology


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Nov 15, 2020
Your City NIGHT-ified! Nov 15, 2020
Your City NIGHT-ified!

What if everyone turned the lights off? What would we see above? these are the cities nightified during the Verse live stream!


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Nov 1, 2020
How light at night changed us Nov 1, 2020
How light at night changed us

The citylight disappearance of the night sky has changed ecosystems, animals, and... us


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Oct 17, 2020
Making Of - Goodbye Night Sky? Ep.1 Oct 17, 2020
Making Of - Goodbye Night Sky? Ep.1

Behind the scenes of how I took mediocre equipment and made it look 10x better in Goodbye Night Sky Ep.1!


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Oct 1, 2020
Where did the stars go? 🌌 Oct 1, 2020
Where did the stars go? 🌌

The definition of bittersweet is a goodbye. What is happening to us as we transform the night? This is only the beginning. This is Goodbye Night Sky Ep. 1!


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Aug 3, 2020
Goodbye Night Sky? - Trailer Aug 3, 2020
Goodbye Night Sky? - Trailer

For good and for ill, what happens to us when the deep dark night sky disappears due to city light? This question has beguiled me for the last year, and the findings of my research have been far more surprising than I ever suspected.


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May 18, 2019
Discovering Synestias, A New Astronomical Object - Sarah T. Stewart, Professor UC Davis May 18, 2019
Discovering Synestias, A New Astronomical Object - Sarah T. Stewart, Professor UC Davis

Interview deep dive into the Synestia proposal to explain the formation of the Earth's Moon!


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May 18, 2019
The Great Moon Space Donut - Verse 2 May 18, 2019
The Great Moon Space Donut - Verse 2

HOW THE MOON WAS BORN... Synestias are a pretty new idea, with lots of fascinating subtlety.


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Dec 22, 2018
Making Of - MOON Episode 1 Dec 22, 2018
Making Of - MOON Episode 1

Published at exactly 9:48am Pacific Time, 12/22/18, the very moment of full moon.


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Dec 17, 2018
MOON Episode 1 - A Friend In The Sky Dec 17, 2018
MOON Episode 1 - A Friend In The Sky

The first Verse episode ever, exploring the ancient curiosities of the Moon and how it influences daily life on Earth


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🎸 Music
🎸 M U S I C

Aug 19, 2022
Clair De Lune Aug 19, 2022
Clair De Lune
Jonny Hyman

A folksy, acoustic rendition of the classical classic, made to score a Verse short about taking a Road Trip to the Moon!


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Play on Spotify

Nov 19, 2021
Veritasium Scores Nov 19, 2021
Veritasium Scores
Jonny Hyman

Between 2019 to 2021 I produced four albums-worth of music for the popular YouTube science channel Veritasium, often made whilst in the middle of editing, animating, researching and co-writing the videos!


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Feb 19, 2021
Goodbye Night Sky? Feb 19, 2021
Goodbye Night Sky?
Jonny Hyman

Original score for a Verse series probing the question "What happens to us as individuals and collectively as the Night Sky is lost to citylight?"


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Play on Spotify

Nov 6, 2020
Happy Sad Nov 6, 2020
Happy Sad
Melanie Jay

Producing + Cowriting


Play on Spotify

Dec 22, 2019
Walk With Me Dec 22, 2019
Walk With Me
Jonny Human

A compilation of eight seasons of songwriting, a record of my heart through the light and dark of two years


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Play on Spotify

Dec 8, 2019
Naughty or Nice Dec 8, 2019
Naughty or Nice
Melanie Jay

Producing + Cowriting


Play on Spotify

Aug 12, 2019
Billabong Aug 12, 2019
Billabong
Melanie Jay

Producing + Cowriting


Play on Spotify

May 16, 2019
Synestia May 16, 2019
Synestia
Jonny Hyman

Original score created for a Verse video about the Moon's formation, its 4.5 Billion-year history of coalescence, from giant impact through orbital stabilization, through lava ocean cooling, to the Moon we love today.


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Play on Spotify

May 15, 2019
Desert Mother May 15, 2019
Desert Mother
Jonny Hyman

A site-specific album inspired by a road trip we took to the Mojave National Preserve in Spring 2019


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Play on Spotify

Apr 3, 2019
Wannabe Apr 3, 2019
Wannabe
Melanie Jay

Producing + Cowriting


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📹 Video
📹 V I D E O

Feb 22, 2024
Night Sky News for Feb 2024 Feb 22, 2024
Night Sky News for Feb 2024
Dr Becky

Editing, animations, visualizations, audio mix & master


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Feb 22, 2024
Fighting Fire on a Submarine Feb 22, 2024
Fighting Fire on a Submarine
Emily Calandrelli

Editing, animation, and audio


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Jan 25, 2024
Night Sky News for Jan 2024 Jan 25, 2024
Night Sky News for Jan 2024
Dr Becky

Editing, animations, visualizations, audio mix & master


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Jan 11, 2024
Inside a Nuclear Attack Submarine Jan 11, 2024
Inside a Nuclear Attack Submarine
Emily Calandrelli

Editing, animation, and audio


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Dec 21, 2023
Night Sky News for Dec 2023 Dec 21, 2023
Night Sky News for Dec 2023
Dr Becky

Editing, animations, visualizations, audio mix & master


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Dec 6, 2023
Does your country get the best sleep? (and why?) Dec 6, 2023
Does your country get the best sleep? (and why?)
BrainCraft

Editing, animations, color, audio mix & master


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Nov 16, 2023
Night Sky News for Nov 2023 Nov 16, 2023
Night Sky News for Nov 2023
Dr Becky

Editing, animations, visualizations, audio mix & master


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Nov 2, 2023
My Blue Angels flight! Nov 2, 2023
My Blue Angels flight!
Emily Calandrelli

Editing, animation, and mixing


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Oct 20, 2023
Are You Really Open-Minded? Oct 20, 2023
Are You Really Open-Minded?
BrainCraft

Editing, animations, color, audio mix & master


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Oct 12, 2023
Night Sky News for Oct 2023 Oct 12, 2023
Night Sky News for Oct 2023
Dr Becky

Editing, animations, visualizations, audio mix & master


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Sep 30, 2023
Top 10 EMOTIONAL Music Sep 30, 2023
Top 10 EMOTIONAL Music
Nahre Sol

Motion graphics & design


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Sep 14, 2023
Night Sky News for Sep 2023 Sep 14, 2023
Night Sky News for Sep 2023
Dr Becky

Editing, animations, visualizations, audio mix & master


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Sep 13, 2023
Can this audio illusion control your mind? | Debunking binaural beats Sep 13, 2023
Can this audio illusion control your mind? | Debunking binaural beats
BrainCraft

Editing, story, animations, audio mix & master


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Aug 30, 2023
You will NEVER see The Milky Way again Aug 30, 2023
You will NEVER see The Milky Way again
AstroKobi

Bortle-Scale visualizations, night skies above rural and urban skies


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Aug 17, 2023
Night Sky News for Aug 2023 Aug 17, 2023
Night Sky News for Aug 2023
Dr Becky

Editing, animations, visualizations, audio mix & master


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Aug 3, 2023
You Need to Rest Aug 3, 2023
You Need to Rest
BrainCraft

Editing, animations, audio mix & master


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July 20, 2023
Night Sky News for Jul 2023 July 20, 2023
Night Sky News for Jul 2023
Dr Becky

Editing, animations, visualizations, audio mix & master


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Jun 22, 2023
I Tried 5 Methods to Boost Self-Esteem Jun 22, 2023
I Tried 5 Methods to Boost Self-Esteem
BrainCraft

Editing, animations, audio mix & master


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Jun 15, 2023
Night Sky News for Jun 2023 Jun 15, 2023
Night Sky News for Jun 2023
Dr Becky

Editing, animations, visualizations, audio mix & master


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May 18, 2023
Night Sky News for May 2023 May 18, 2023
Night Sky News for May 2023
Dr Becky

Editing, animations, visualizations, audio mix & master


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Apr 20, 2023
Night Sky News for Apr 2023 Apr 20, 2023
Night Sky News for Apr 2023
Dr Becky

Editing, animations, visualizations, audio mix & master


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Mar 23, 2023
Night Sky News for Mar 2023 Mar 23, 2023
Night Sky News for Mar 2023
Dr Becky

Editing, animations, visualizations, audio mix & master


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Mar 10, 2023
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Scroll Prize
Vesuvius Challenge Animations

Code-driven animations for a tutorial introducing the $1,000,000 Scroll Prize challenge to the world!


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Feb 23, 2023
Night Sky News for Feb 2023 Feb 23, 2023
Night Sky News for Feb 2023
Dr Becky

Editing, animations, visualizations, audio mix & master


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Jan 26, 2023
Night Sky News for Jan 2023 Jan 26, 2023
Night Sky News for Jan 2023
Dr Becky

Editing, animations, visualizations, audio mix & master


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Dec 22, 2022
Night Sky News for Dec 2022 Dec 22, 2022
Night Sky News for Dec 2022
Dr Becky

Editing, animations, visualizations, audio mix & master


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Dec 6, 2022
Life After Homeschool Dec 6, 2022
Life After Homeschool
Learn Beyond The Book

A short oral-history style documentary about the outcomes of homeschool graduates. Worked on editorial, story, and all aspects of production


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Nov 24, 2022
Night Sky News for Nov 2022 Nov 24, 2022
Night Sky News for Nov 2022
Dr Becky

Editing, animations, visualizations, audio mix & master


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Jul 30, 2021
The Simplest Math Problem No One Can Solve Jul 30, 2021
The Simplest Math Problem No One Can Solve
Veritasium

Animations, visualizations


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Jul 23, 2021
Why You Should Want Driverless Cars On Roads Now Jul 23, 2021
Why You Should Want Driverless Cars On Roads Now
Veritasium

Supplemental writing and research


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Jun 30, 2021
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A Physics Prof Bet Me $10,000 I'm Wrong
Veritasium

Data generation and visualization


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May 22, 2021
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Math Has a Fatal Flaw
Veritasium

Conway renderings, animations, research, writing, ideation


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May 10, 2021
How An Infinite Hotel Ran Out Of Room May 10, 2021
How An Infinite Hotel Ran Out Of Room
Veritasium

Post-production rescue, render wrangling


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Mar 31, 2021
The Surprising Secret of Synchronization Mar 31, 2021
The Surprising Secret of Synchronization
Veritasium

Animations, visualizations


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Dec 31, 2020
The Illusion Only Some Can See Dec 31, 2020
The Illusion Only Some Can See
Veritasium

Construction engineering (CAD), animations


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Nov 30, 2020
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These are the Asteroids to worry about
Veritasium

Visual effects, animations, writing, sound design


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Oct 31, 2020
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Why the Speed of Light Can't Be Measured
Veritasium

Visual effects, space animations, music


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Oct 20, 2020
How One Supernova Measured the Universe Oct 20, 2020
How One Supernova Measured the Universe
Veritasium

Research, writing, visualizations, visual effects


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Oct 9, 2020
Why Gravity is NOT a Force Oct 9, 2020
Why Gravity is NOT a Force
Veritasium

Compositing, editing, sound design, music


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Sep 30, 2020
The Infinite Pattern That Never Repeats Sep 30, 2020
The Infinite Pattern That Never Repeats
Veritasium

Laser cutter pattern engineering, editing, animations, score, coloring


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Sep 16, 2020
How Kodak Exposed Nuclear Testing Sep 16, 2020
How Kodak Exposed Nuclear Testing
Veritasium

Some animation, research


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Aug 28, 2020
Is Success Luck or Hard Work? Aug 28, 2020
Is Success Luck or Hard Work?
Veritasium

Audio master


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Aug 18, 2020
Is Dust Mostly Dead Skin? Aug 18, 2020
Is Dust Mostly Dead Skin?
Veritasium

Original score, edit, audio master, all the non-cartoony animations


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Jul 31, 2020
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Half the universe was missing... until now
Veritasium

Visualizations, animations, editing, audio


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Jun 11, 2020
Turbulent Flow is MORE Awesome Than Laminar Flow Jun 11, 2020
Turbulent Flow is MORE Awesome Than Laminar Flow
Veritasium

Visualizations & animations


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Mar 6, 2020
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Parallel Worlds Probably Exist. Here's Why
Veritasium

Visualizations & animations


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Jan 29, 2020
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This equation will change how you see the world
Veritasium

Visualizations & animations


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Dec 14, 2019
How To Slow Aging (and even reverse it) Dec 14, 2019
How To Slow Aging (and even reverse it)
Veritasium

Edit, audio master, camerawork


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Dec 6, 2019
The Science of the Butterfly Effect Dec 6, 2019
The Science of the Butterfly Effect
Veritasium

Visualizations & animations


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Nov 20, 2019
3 Perplexing Physics Problems Nov 20, 2019
3 Perplexing Physics Problems
Veritasium

Camerawork


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Oct 4, 2019
Engineering with Origami Oct 4, 2019
Engineering with Origami
Veritasium

Editing, animation


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Sep 19, 2019
Bizarre Behavior of Rotating Bodies Sep 19, 2019
Bizarre Behavior of Rotating Bodies
Veritasium

Camerawork and some edit


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Sep 13, 2019
Does Planet 9 Exist? Sep 13, 2019
Does Planet 9 Exist?
Veritasium

Editing, animation


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Aug 16, 2019
Making Liquid Nitrogen from Scratch! Aug 16, 2019
Making Liquid Nitrogen from Scratch!
Veritasium

Editing, animation, hardware engineering


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Aug 10, 2019
Mars Helicopter (JPL) Aug 10, 2019
Mars Helicopter (JPL)
Veritasium

Camerawork, editing, animation, original score


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Aug 2, 2019
Why the Future of Cars is Electric Aug 2, 2019
Why the Future of Cars is Electric
Veritasium

Editing, animation, some camera- & drone- work


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Jul 19, 2019
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Why Apollo Astronauts Trained in Nuclear Bomb Craters
Veritasium

Editing, animation


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Jul 7, 2019
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How Cod Saved the Vikings
Veritasium

Editing, animations, score


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🤍 Words
🤍 W O R D S

May 5, 2023
Syntax error May 5, 2023
Syntax error
Poem

I almost want to keep the bug in my code. The invalid syntax that I wrote, the moment we locked eyes across the room


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May 1, 2023
Goodbye, Hello May 1, 2023
Goodbye, Hello
Poem

Looking back as the most natural way to look forwards


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Nov 3, 2021
Welcome to our Garden Nov 3, 2021
Welcome to our Garden
Poem

And in the mess it made, was you: A cloud floating through


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Feb 18, 2019
Some World Away Feb 18, 2019
Some World Away
Poem

I simply wish to send my presence your way, for a moment as you read this, some world away


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Oct 29, 2018
Maddening Bliss Oct 29, 2018
Maddening Bliss
Poem

Crashing exhausted, we wouldn’t have wanted anything but this maddening bliss


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💻 Codes
💻 C O D E S

June 1, 2023
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VerseView
Python + OpenGL

VerseView is a fast and flexible toolkit for making high-quality visuals of phenomena in the Universe


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May 12, 2023
jonnyhyman.com (this site) May 12, 2023
jonnyhyman.com (this site)
TypeScript + React + TailwindCSS + NextJS

How I made the site you're currently on!


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May 12, 2021
Resolve Collaboration May 12, 2021
Resolve Collaboration
Python/Qt

Streamlining and Extending DaVinci Resolve's Live Collaboration


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Fork on GitHub

Apr 1, 2021
manimplay
Python

A collection of scripts and snippets for my own learning of manim


Fork on GitHub

Apr 1, 2020
QuantumWaves Apr 1, 2020
QuantumWaves
Python

A Schrodinger-equation quantum wave function visualization


Fork on GitHub

Jan 27, 2020
Chaos Jan 27, 2020
Chaos
Python/GLSL

Visualizations of the connections between chaos theory and fractals through the logistic map; made for Veritasium YouTube video


Fork on GitHub

May 16, 2018
Convex_Symbolic
Python

Python symbolic canonicalizer and C code generator for embedding convex optimization problems


Fork on GitHub

Apr 19, 2018
Programming-Classes
Jupyter Notebooks, Python

The collection of code used to teach and created during my programming classes at Learn Beyond The Book!


Fork on GitHub

Feb 21, 2018
G-FOLD-Python
Python

Rocket Landing "Guidance for Fuel Optimal Diverts" in Python


Fork on GitHub

Dec 26, 2017
MakePython Dec 26, 2017
MakePython
Python

A simple, powerful Python text editor and installer (archived)


Fork on GitHub

Oct 30, 2017
Rocket Test Software 🚀 Oct 30, 2017
Rocket Test Software 🚀
Embedded C & Python

Rocket engine/motor testing software for safe realtime operations. Software counterpart to a larger hardware integration for rocket engine development!


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Fork on GitHub

Sep 25, 2017
PyBurn
Python

Hybrid rocket propulsion model (very basic)


Fork on GitHub

Aug 4, 2017
cvxpy_codegen
C

Embedded code generation for convex optimization, based on CVXPY, Windows port


Fork on GitHub

Feb 12, 2017
AircraftRequirements
Python

This code analyzes the range, endurance, and performance of an aircraft given simple inputs, simple calculations, and simple outputs


Fork on GitHub

Feb 12, 2017
PropulsorSpec
Python

This code is designed to keep track of initial fan cascade performance specifications, and calculate the aggregate performance of a cascaded fan propulsion system


Fork on GitHub

Feb 12, 2017
PropulsorSystemsDesign
Python

This code is intended to estimate initial size and performance requirements for Propulsor Zero, an electric fan for long duration electric flight


Fork on GitHub

Feb 5, 2017
TeslaDream
Python

An experimental electric induction motor optimization tool


Fork on GitHub


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