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Can you solve "Einstein's Riddle"?

Dan Van der Vieren · TED

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Before he turned physics upside down, a young Albert Einstein supposedly showed off his genius by devising a complex riddle involving a stolen exotic fish and a long list of suspects. Can you resist tackling a brain teaser written by one of the smartest people in history? Dan Van der Vieren shows how. [Directed by Artrake Studio, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Dušan Strajnić].

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Dan Van der Vieren
Year
2015
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics, Psychology and the brain, 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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