The Best Analogies For Quantum Spin

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

Dirac Paper:
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/do...

Pauli Papers:
https://link.springer.com/article/10....
https://link.springer.com/article/10....
https://link.springer.com/article/10....
https://journals.aps.org/pr/abstract/...

Schwinger Paper:
https://journals.aps.org/pr/abstract/...
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Paul Dirac Portrait:
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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