# The most groundbreaking scientist you've never heard of

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Addison Anderson
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Earth and environment, History
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/addison_anderson_the_most_groundbreaking_scientist_you_ve_never_heard_of)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Seventeenth-century Danish geologist Nicolas Steno earned his chops at a young age, studying cadavers and drawing anatomic connections between species. Steno made outsized contributions to the field of geology, influencing Charles Lyell, James Hutton and Charles Darwin. Addison Anderson recounts Steno's little-known legacy and lauds his insistence on empiricism over blind theory. \[Directed by Anton Bogaty, narrated by Addison Anderson\].

## Lectures

1. [The most groundbreaking scientist you've never heard of](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/addison_anderson_the_most_groundbreaking_scientist_you_ve_never_heard_of/049f613bb0c3), 5 min (TED's player)