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. (Launching a series on Inventions that Shaped
History). It was
animated by the TED-Ed Animation Team.
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