Podcast Episode #162: Measuring the Speed of Light in the 17th Century

In this episode of the podcast, you’re going to learn the clever way someone first accurately measured the speed of light.  You’re also going to learn just how much energy and how many 50 megaton nuclear bombs (the largest ever detonated) it would take to stop the Earth from orbiting the Sun. [TRANSCRIPT]

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