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Stick-in-the-Mud Astronomy

(Hayden Planetarium) – Neil deGrasse Tyson:

In modern times, various blends of high technology and clever thinking drive cosmic discovery. But suppose you had no technology. Suppose all you had in your laboratory was a stick. What’s there to learn? With patience and careful measurement, you and your stick can glean a ridiculous amount of information about our place in the cosmos. The stick’s material doesn’t matter. Neither does its length. Nor its color. It just has to be straight. …

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