IDTIMWYTIM: Organic

In the world of chemistry, an organic compound is often described as anything with carbon in it, and organic chemistry is the study of carbon compounds, but there is actually no single definition of what organic means in chemistry, and scientists have been arguing about it for a long time. In this edition of I Don t Think It Means What You Think It Means, Hank does his best to illuminate the confusion so we can better understand what organic means (or doesn t mean) to chemists. SciShow has a spinoff podcast It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: Like SciShow Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids Tardigrade Poster: SciShow Mug: SciShow Shirt: Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet Facebook: Twitter: Tumblr: Instagram: