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How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries

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Description: 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.
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Category: Lab Science
YouTube URL: https://youtu.be/F8UFGu2M2gM
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