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How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries

Adam Savage · TED

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About

Adam Savage walks through two spectacular examples of profound scientific discoveries that came from simple, creative methods anyone could have followed -- Eratosthenes' calculation of the Earth's circumference around 200 BC and Hippolyte Fizeau's measurement of the speed of light in 1849.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Adam Savage
Year
2011
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy and space, History, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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