Is there a center of the universe? - Marjee Chmiel and Trevor Owens
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It’s been a long road to the discovery that Earth is not the center of the
Solar System, the Milky Way, or the universe; great thinkers from
Aristotle to Bruno have grappled with it for millennia. But if we aren't
at the center of the universe, what is? Marjee Chmiel and Trevor Owens
discuss where we stand in the (very) big scheme of things.
As demonstrated by the video, many people have been passionately involved in understanding what is at the center of the universe. Do you think the answer to that question matters? Why should (or shouldn’t) we care about the answer?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Marjee Chmiel, Trevor Owens
- Animator Qa'ed Mai
- Narrator Michelle Snow
