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Circle in Circle. Optical illusion
963 views / 0 likes - addedProbably this is the first Cardano's Hypocycloid mechanical model, not animation, that model makers have ever built. This motion was described first by Nicolaus Copernicus Consider two circles of radii R and R/2 with the smaller one rolling inside the big
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A short animation: the Copernican Revolution
183 views / 0 likes - addedIn the 16th century, Nicholai Copernicus proposed a fundamental change to the way we see our place in existence: it is the Sun and not Earth that occupies the physical centre, he said. The Copernican revolution that followed holds many important lessons f
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The exceptional life of Benjamin Banneker - Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua
934 views / 9 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-exceptional-life-of-benjamin-banneker-rose-margaret-ekeng-itua Born in 1731 to freed slaves on a farm in Baltimore, Benjamin Banneker was obsessed with math and science. And his appetite for knowledge only g
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Marvel Remembers the Legacy of Stan Lee
465 views / 3 likes - addedMarvel Comics and The Walt Disney Company salute the life and career of Stan Lee and offer our undying gratitude for his unmatchable accomplishments within our halls. Please join us in remembering Stan "The Man" Lee. ► Subscribe to Marvel: http://bit.ly/W
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Alexander the Great and the Situation ... the Great? Crash Course World History #8
1,154 views / 4 likes - addedIn which you are introduced to the life and accomplishments of Alexander the Great, his empire, his horse Bucephalus, the empires that came after him, and the idea of Greatness. Is greatness a question of accomplishment, of impact, or are people great bec
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Can a Little Oil Really Calm the Ocean?
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Nature: Prairie dogs in the Badlands
175 views / 0 likes - addedWith the dog days of August at hand, "Sunday Morning" takes us among prairie dogs in the South Dakota Badlands. Videographer: Kevin Kjergaard."CBS Sunday Morning" features stories on the arts, music, nature, entertainment, sports, history, science and Ame
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Why Are Planetary Orbits Elliptical?
829 views / 0 likes - addedFor a very long time, from Ptolemy to the age of Copernicus, it was widely believed and accepted that planets in our Solar System revolved in a perfectly circular path. Because the circle was presumed to be an ideal shape for planetary bodies to orbit. Bu
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Nuclear blasts, preserved on film
462 views / 0 likes - addedBeginning in 1945, and until atmospheric nuclear testing was banned, the United States conducted 210 above-ground nuclear tests, documented on film. Now, footage that has survived, now being preserved by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is bein
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Arnaud Jerald dives -101 metres deep on a single breath
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Apparently tree FINGERPRINTS are a thing
101 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the ASCEND project for partnering with us on this video!Every species on Earth has a fingerprint - whether or not they have fingers at all. LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Spectr
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What is imposter syndrome and how can you combat it? - Elizabeth Cox
528 views / 0 likes - addedView full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-imposter-syndrome-and-how-can-you-combat-it-elizabeth-cox Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded Even after writing eleven books and winning several awards, Maya Angelou couldn’t esca
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The breathtaking courage of Harriet Tubman - Janell Hobson
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Humphry Davy's Potassium Volcano
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Scientific Revolution: Crash Course European History #12
1,061 views / 0 likes - addedThere was a lot of bad stuff going on in Europe in the 17th century. We've seen wars, plagues, and unrest of all types. But, there is some good news. Huge advances were underway in the scientific community in Europe at this time. In this video we'll look
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Hairy Branches and Ices Other Weird, Wonderful Forms
239 views / 0 likes - addedJessi and Squeaks found a branch growing what looked like white hair! So they brought the branch back to the Fort to run some tests and found out that it isn't hair at all... it's ice! ----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patr
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How Are Skyscrapers Engineered? - with Roma Agrawal
289 views / 0 likes - addedHow high can we build skyscrapers with the help of new materials and technologies?Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeBuy Roma's book "Built: The Hidden Stories Behind our Structures" now - https://geni.us/UcXf3Roma Agrawal delv
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Moonlight (Clair de Lune)
591 views / 0 likes - addedThis visualization attempts to capture the mood of Claude Debussy's best-known composition, Clair de Lune (moonlight in French). The piece was published in 1905 as the third of four movements in the composer's Suite Bergamasque, and unlike the other parts
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Inside Japans Earthquake Simulator
49 views / 0 likes - addedThis is the worlds largest earthquake simulator, heres how it works. For a free trial to Shopify go to https://www.shopify.com/veritasium.If youre looking for a molecular modeling kit, head to https://ve42.co/SnatomsV to try Snatoms a kit I invented where
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How Wildfires Generate "Never-Ending" Storms
376 views / 1 likes - addedTo start using Tab for a Cause, go to: http://tabforacause.org/minuteearth2Under the right conditions, wildfires can form clouds and generate firestorms, which last far longer than normal thunderstorms.LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topi
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Why Wolves Don't Chirp
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What the Fahrenheit?!
903 views / 0 likes - addedThe crazy story of the arbitrary temperature scale used in a tiny minority of countries. Check out Audible: http://bit.ly/AudibleVe Snatoms are available again! http://www.snatoms.com Support Veritasium on Patreon: http://bit.ly/VePatreon Celsius didn't i
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