Adam Savage: How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries
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что от нас не зависит,
about owning a brain
вбирает и накапливает,
no control over the things
the facts and the stories.
И чем ты старше, тем больше там фактов.
почему это тебя заинтересовало,
why you're interested in them,
значимость этого факта для тебя.
и живя в Квинсе,
was a young boy in Queens,
and his wagon and a ball.
что когда он тянет тележку,
the ball went to the back of the wagon.
«Почему мяч откатывается в конец коляски?».
the ball go to the back of the wagon?"
И отец ответил:
And his dad said, "Ah.
going to the back of the wagon."
причину катастрофы шаттла «Челленджер»,
the Challenger disaster,
Нобелевскую премию по физике
the Nobel Prize in Physics
описывающие движение субатомных частиц.
the movement of subatomic particles.
with his father as giving him a sense
могут бросить вызов человеческим знаниям,
you out to the edge of human knowledge,
Александрийской библиотеки
at the great Library of Alexandria,
будучи главой библиотеки,
as the librarian,
which was south of Alexandria.
который не давал покоя Эратосфену.
that stuck in Eratosthenes' mind,
глядя в глубокий колодец,
when he looked down this deep well,
а ещё он видел, что его голова
that his head was blocking the sun.
Христофор Колумб открыл, что Земля круглая, —
that Christopher Columbus
is spherical is total bull.
понимал, что Земля круглая,
understood that the world was spherical
а Аристотель доказал это
with a simple observation.
когда на Луне видна тень от Земли,
the Earth's shadow on the Moon,
creates a circular shadow
this letter with this fact.
прямо над Сиеной,
was directly above the city of Swenet,
то видно, что ствол колодца,
it was a straight line
оказываются на одной прямой.
right past the guy's head up to the sun.
торчащая из земли в Александрии,
in the ground in Alexandria
and the same day, at noon,
в день солнцестояния,
that it was 7.2 degrees off-axis.
как вычисляется длина окружности,
and you have two points on it,
between those two points,
узнать длину окружности.
поэтому эта история и вызывает у меня подозрения,
of a round number,
так что пойдём дальше.
of this story too,
so we'll continue with it.
между Сиеной и Александрией,
between Swenet and Alexandria,
хорошо знал географию.
was good at geography.
was a road of commerce,
сколько им понадобится времени.
how long it took to get there.
поэтому он очень хорошо знал,
so he knew very precisely
the two cities was 500 miles.
of the actual diameter of the Earth.
с погрешностью менее 1 %.
когда с помощью оборудования
are looking for the Higgs boson.
ищут бозон Хиггса,
возможно, быстрее света,
than the speed of light,
are made possible
разработанным за последние десятилетия.
in the last few decades.
истории человечества
пользуясь только глазами, ушами и разумом.
our eyes and our ears and our minds.
экспериментальной физикой в Париже.
an experimental physicist in Paris.
и подтверждении результатов чужих работ,
and confirming other people's results,
будто он был на вторых ролях,
like a bit of an also-ran,
в этом вся сущность науки,
подтверждения — это не факт.
that cannot be independently corroborated.
with Galileo's experiments
обладает свет скоростью или нет.
whether or not light had a speed.
замечательный эксперимент.
really wonderful experiment
each one of them was holding a lamp.
Галилей открывал свою, а помощник — свою.
and his assistant would open his.
А затем, стоя на вершинах двух холмов
они делали то же самое, исходя из
and they did the same thing,
что, если свет обладает определяемой скоростью,
that if light had a discernible speed,
от лампы помощника.
coming back from his assistant's lamp.
of magnitude when he assumed
as fast as the speed of sound.
Он жил в Париже,
two experimental stations,
две экспериментальных станции
примерно 8,5 км друг от друга.
весьма незамысловатым оборудованием.
trivial piece of equipment.
the clicker for a second
чтобы вы сейчас подключили мозг.
your brains in this.
У него много впадин
and it's got a bunch of teeth.
как посылать отдельные световые импульсы.
to sending discrete pulses of light.
through this notch at a mirror,
is bouncing off the mirror
происходило нечто интересное.
as he spins the wheel faster.
начинает закрываться дверь
like a door is starting to close
возвращающимся к его глазу.
that's coming back to his eye.
of light is not coming back
На самом деле, он попадает в зубец.
and he fully occludes the light.
between the two stations
and the number of notches in the wheel,
и числу впадин у колеса
2 % относительно её реального значения.
to within two percent of its actual value.
going about science.
я обращаюсь к историям открывших это людей
understanding a concept,
the people that discovered that concept.
they came to understand it.
о чём думали исследователи,
were thinking about
they are not so different from us.
Все мы в начале пользуемся одинаковыми средствами.
We all start with the same tools.
называют полями деятельности.
of science are called fields of study.
как закрытый черный ящик,
as a closed, black box,
просто чуть усерднее думали о том,
just thought a little bit harder
и они были чуть любознательнее.
and they were a little bit more curious.
представление людей о мире,
people thought about the world,
И вы тоже можете его изменить.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Adam Savage - Maker, critical thinkerAdam Savage is an internationally renowned television producer, host and public speaker.
Why you should listen
Adam Savage's mother is a psychologist; his father was a celebrated artist, painter and filmmaker. From the youngest age they encouraged his flights of fancy. Savage has been a paperboy, a projectionist, juggler, unicycle rider, sculptor, graphic designer, scenic painter, robot builder, welder, carpenter, machinist, prop maker, toy designer, actor, writer, executive producer and director. He spent six years in theater and 10 years in commercial and film special effects working for clients such as Nike, Corning, Hershey's, and Coca-Cola, and films like Star Wars, The Matrix films, A.I., Space Cowboys, Terminator 3 and Galaxy Quest.
Savage has built everything from theater sets to miniature particle accelerators. From spaceships to animatronic arms. He's made Rube Goldberg machines, hand props and spacesuits. His online videos have generated over 230 million page views. He's written for Popular Mechanics, the Wall Street Journal and Wired Magazine, among others. His program "Mythbusters" produced 270 episodes that aired in over 100 countries for 14 years. Adam shares his builds, his love for movie props and costumes, and passion for the transformative power of making on his award winning website Tested.com. He lives in San Francisco with his wife Julia, his twin boys Thing1 and Thing2, and two amazing dogs.
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