What’s the difference between a scientific law and theory? - Matt Anticole
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Chat with a friend about an established scientific theory, and she might reply, “Well, that’s just a theory.” But a conversation about an established scientific law rarely ends with “Well, that’s just a law.” Why is that? What is the difference between a theory and a law... and is one “better”? Matt Anticole shows why science needs both laws and theories to understand the whole picture.
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- Educator Matt Anticole
- Producer Zedem Media
- Director Michael Kalopaidis
- Artist Jeanne Bornet
- Animator Andria Pourouti
- Sound Designer Andreas Trachonitis
- Script Editor Eleanor Nelsen
- Narrator Addison Anderson
