Showing posts with label ted talks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ted talks. Show all posts

Sunday, March 10, 2013

How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries



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.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Marco Tempest: The electric rise and fall of Nikola Tesla





Combining projection mapping and a pop-up book, Marco Tempest tells the visually arresting story of Nikola Tesla -- called “the greatest geek who ever lived” -- from his triumphant invention of alternating current to his penniless last days.

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