Neil Tyson Demonstrates Absurdity of "Flat Earth"
Published on Fri, Mar 9th 2018 Science & Technology Rectangular HD
Neil deGrasse Tyson takes on the subject of our spherical world, and this time he has not only science but history on his side. You can learn even more at https://brilliant.org/StarTalk/.
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Hosts
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice
Director
Dave Wiskus
Writers
PJ Scott-Blankenship, Josh Silverman
Animation Director
Bård Edlund
Animators
David Powell, Josh Sherrington
Sound Designer
Jay Pellizzi
Producers
Amanda McLoughlin, Brilliant.org, Ben Ratner
StarTalk Radio
Executive Producers
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Helen Matsos
Producers
Laura Berland, Jeffrey Lee Simons, Lindsey Walker
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0:00 - Introduction
0:48 - How Physics Conspires To Make Things Round
1:31 - The History Of Flat Earth
2:05 - Evidence For The Spherical Earth
4:05 - Eratosthenes's Experiment
5:40 - How We Can Observe The Spherical Earth Ourselves
6:41 - What The Rise Of Flat Earthers Means
7:15 - Sponsored by Brilliant
8:10 - Closing Notes
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