How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries
Published March 13, 2012
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Views
3,206,831
Likes
47,098
Comments
1,160
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About
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.
- Published
- March 13, 2012
- Made for kids
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How How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries is doing
It has 3.20M views in total. It ranks #2,332,479 among tracked YouTube videos by views.
Key facts about How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries
- Total views
- 3.20M
- Total likes
- 47.0K
- Total comments
- 1.16K
- Published
- March 13, 2012
- Global rank by views
- #2,332,479
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How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries has 3,206,831 views, 47,098 likes and 1,160 comments, ranking #2,332,479 among tracked YouTube videos by views.
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