How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries - Adam Savage
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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.
Savage mentions the Large Hadron Collider as an example of modern scientific discovery that’s made possible by multi-billion dollar pieces of machinery. How does this dovetail with Savage’s hope that people will think of science as an open field versus a black box?
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- Educator Adam Savage
- Artist Celeste Lai
- Compositor Franz Palomares
- Animator Jeremiah Dickey
- Director Kari Mulholland
