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How the compass unlocked the world

David Biello · TED

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About

"Everything that we think of as world history would not have taken place without the compass." TED science curator David Biello explains how the device changed our relationship to the world.

The talk

  1. How the compass unlocked the world 4 min · TED's player

Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
Small Thing Big Idea
Speaker
David Biello
Year
2020
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
History, Art, architecture and design
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
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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