Freezing TIme: Rediscovering "Doc" Edgerton | Deborah Douglas | TEDxMIT скачать в хорошем качестве

Freezing TIme: Rediscovering "Doc" Edgerton | Deborah Douglas | TEDxMIT

You know his photographs and his innovations, even if you don't know Harold Edgerton's name. Milk drops, speeding bullets, hummingbird wings, and high speed machinery, all too fast for the human eye to see, were made visible by Edgerton's stroboscopes and high-speed flash equipment. Today Edgerton's photos are in the collections of art museums around the world, a fascinating mix of art and science. In this talk, MIT Museum curator Debbie Douglas, reintroduces Edgerton and shares some of the insights from a new exhibition at the MIT Museum that will open in January 2026. Deborah Douglas has been interested in aerospace history for forty years. Her passion is sharing stories about the history of technology. Amazingly, Douglas’ first job was at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, and she has done stints at the NASA Langley Research Center, and Science History Institute before joining the MIT Museum in 1999 as the inaugural curator of science and technology. She writes books and articles, curates exhibitions, contributes to documentary videos, teaches a class on MIT history and is privileged to work as part of a talented team who care for 1.5 million artifacts in the MIT Museum’s collections. " This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx