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Quantum spinors are abstract mathematical entities, so people often seek analogies to make more sense of them. Here are the best two analogies I’ve been able to find.

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VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS

Quantum Fields Explained:

Fermi Gases:

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PBS Space Time on Spinors:

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Jason Hise’s Belt Trick Animation:

http://entropygames.net/

Gear Analogy with More Detail:

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SOURCES

General Info:
https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.1778

Dirac Paper:
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspa.1926.0133

Pauli Papers:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02980592
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02980631
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01397326
https://journals.aps.org/pr/abstract/10.1103/PhysRev.58.716

Schwinger Paper:
https://journals.aps.org/pr/abstract/10.1103/PhysRev.82.914
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IMAGE/VIDEO CREDITS

Paul Dirac Portrait:
https://repository.aip.org/islandora/object/nbla%3A295062

Wolfgang Pauli Portrait:
https://cds.cern.ch/record/42982
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TIME CODES

00:00 Intro
00:46 Quantum Fields
01:51 Spinors
02:24 Gear Analogy
04:24 Dirac Belt Trick
06:21 It’s About Connections
07:06 Fermions vs Bosons
08:36 Outro
08:54 Featured Comment