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Lost technologies and the secrets they hold, in 53 minutes | Sam Kean: Full Interview

Become a Big Think member to unlock expert classes, premium print issues, exclusive events and more: https://bigthink.com/membership/?utm_... Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►    / @bigthink   Up next, Hollywood lied to you about Ancient Rome. Here’s the truth | Mary Beard: Full Interview ►    • Hollywood lied to you about Ancient Rome. ...   History feels distant until you step back and realize that it was lived through all of the senses: the taste of the food, the touch of the tools, and the smell of the life around you. By recreating ancient foods, tools, and everyday practices, Sam Kean uncovers the small sensory details that shaped how people survived and experimented. 0:00 Part 1: Bringing ancient history to life 0:25 Chapter 1: Resurrecting Ancient Practices 3:43 Chapter 2: Africa – 72,000 years ago 10:01 Chapter 3: Egypt – 2,000 BC 18:25 Chapter 4: Roman Empire – 100 BCE 25:00 Chapter 5: Viking – 900 BCE 32:00 Part 2: How the Allies sabotaged the Nazi atomic bomb 32:30 Rumors of a Nazi atomic bomb 38:04 The mission to sabotage Hitler’s bomb 46:08 Ethical dilemmas in the atomic age Read the video transcript ► https://bigthink.com/series/full-inte... © Freethink Media Inc., All Rights Reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go Deeper with Big Think: ►Become a Big Think Youtube Member Get exclusive classes and early, ad-free access to new releases without leaving Youtube.    / @bigthink   ►Become a Big Think Web Member Get the entire Big Think Class library, premium print issues, live events, and more. https://bigthink.com/membership/ ►Subscribe to Big Think on Substack Get all of your favorite Big Think content delivered to your inbox. https://bigthinkmedia.substack.com/su... ►Listen to Big Think Interviews on Spotify Insights from the world's biggest thinkers, now as a podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/7KRYoRD... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Sam Kean: Sam Kean is the New York Times-bestselling author of seven books. He spent years collecting mercury from broken thermometers as a kid, and now lives in Washington, D.C. His stories have appeared in National Geographic, The Best American Science and Nature Writing, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Slate, among other places, and his work has been featured on NPR’s “Radiolab”, “Science Friday”, and “All Things Considered.” The Bastard Brigade was a “Science Friday” book of the year, while Caesar’s Last Breath was the Guardian science book of the year. The Disappearing Spoon was a runner-up for the Royal Society book of the year. The Violinist’s Thumb and The Dueling Neurosurgeons were nominated for PEN’s literary science writing award, and Dinner with King Tut was named a best book of the year by the New Yorker, Smithsonian, Amazon, and the History Channel, and won the Non-Obvious Book Award for most original book.