E2 - 55m 55s
Josh Altman’s photos that proved new brain cells are created, even in adult brains; Andreas Vesalius’ drawings of the inside of the human body; Darwin’s theory of evolution summarized as a sketch; Rosalind Franklin’s and Raymond Gosling’s “Photo 51,” which became the decisive clue in the search for the structure of DNA; Carl Anderson’s photo of the positron, which revealed the world of antimatter.
E1 - 56m 33s
Edwin Hubble’s photo that provided the first clue in calculating the size of the universe; the Apollo program’s photos from the Moon’s surface; Martellus’ world map, which helped convince the Spanish crown to finance Columbus’ expedition; Copernicus’ diagram of the solar system with the Sun, not the Earth, in the center; Arthur Eddington’s photo of the solar eclipse of 1919.
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