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Adam Savage on how ideas lead to discoveries

March 16, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Adam Savage is more than “from Mythbusters”. He’s an intelligent man and a champion for science. He’s also a very good speaker. This TED video (technically TED Ed and enhanced with animations) has Adam walk the audience through how ideas can lead to scientific discoveries. Example include how Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: adam savage, Eratosthenes, Hippolyte Fizeau, mythbusters, science

Beyond the Mythbusters trailer

September 13, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I wake up to the TV switching on the Discovery Channel. It’s a pretty good way to ensure there’s something decent on that is capable of pulling the sleepy brain into the world of wakefulness. The Mythbuster trailer is particularly good. It’s good because it sings “hallelujah!” at me and because I’m looking forward to […]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: adam savage, mythbusters

Craig Ferguson interviews Neil Gaiman

July 3, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Right now, at the time of posting, this video can be watched anywhere in the world. It’s a clip from US TV in which Craig Ferguson interviews Neil Gaiman. Gaiman’s on because it’s American Gods was 10 years old on the 19th of June. The geeky conversation stretches from Sandman to Doctor Who. There’s plenty […]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: American Gods, Craig Ferguson, cthulhu, doctor who, matt smith, mythbusters, Neil Gaiman, Sandman, The Doctor's Wife

Mythbusters do the Doctor Who dance

May 29, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Have the Mythbusters ever looked into any of the science on Doctor Who? Dunno. They’ve looked into sci-fi before, or, well, some of the real-world science around sci-fi films like Deep Blue Sea. This video stars just one Mythbuster – the famous Adam Savage – a heck of a lot of electricity being pumped out […]

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: adam savage, arcattack, doctor who, mythbusters

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