# How to unboil an egg

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Eleanor Nelsen
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics, Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/eleanor_nelsen_how_to_unboil_an_egg)
- 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: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

It's so obvious that it's practically proverbial: you can't unboil an egg. But actually, it turns out that you can -- sort of. Eleanor Nelsen explains the process by which mechanical energy can undo what thermal energy has done. \[Directed by Província Studio, narrated by Addison Anderson\].

## Lectures

1. [How to unboil an egg](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/eleanor_nelsen_how_to_unboil_an_egg/893f68662c9d), 4 min (TED's player)