"Nobel Prize winners are normal people"

2.1 million YouTube clicks: Andreas Barthelme, one of TUM’s doctoral candi
2.1 million YouTube clicks: Andreas Barthelme, one of TUM’s doctoral candidates. (Photo: Maren Willkomm)

Recently, Andreas Barthelme became a YouTube star - unintentionally. A video featuring the TUM-scientist was viewed more than 2.1 million times in quite a short time: a blackboard had collapsed during a lecture, closely missing him. In an interview for TUMstudinews, Barthelme talks about why this was a blessing in disguise.

Mr. Barthelme, you managed to become a YouTube star unintentionally. How did this happen?

Andreas Barthelme: In December of last year, I held a lecture in the scope of "Circuit Technology 1" for students in the first semester of Electrical Engineering - at the Carl-von-Linde lecture hall, in front of 400 to 500 people. The lecture hall has a blackboard with three panels that can be moved up and down. ...
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