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Experiments that Changed the World Episodes Available now
Otto Hahn's Nuclear Power
First broadcast in 2000. Nuclear fission and the foundation for nuclear power
Louis Pasteur's Milk
He discovered the principles of micro-organisms and bacteria
Nikolaas Tinbergen's Basic Instincts
The study of animal behaviour was developed by Nikolaas Tinbergen
Wilhelm Rontgen's Skeleton
X-rays allow doctors to see inside the human body
William Beaumont's Stomach Ache
A look at the tube that goes from one end of our body to the other
Joseph Priestley's Soda Water
Did you know two mice discovered oxygen?
Galileo's Acceleration Experiment
Galileo famously disproved Aristotle's theory on motion
Archimedes' Bathtub
Eureka! is famously attributed to Archimedes