Name: An animated tour of the invisible
Uploaded: 2012-09-26T15:01:49Z
Duration: 8 min 5 s
Description: Gravity. The stars in day. Thoughts. The human genome. Time. Atoms. So much of what really matters in the world is impossible to see. A stunning animation of John Lloyd's classic TEDTalk from 2009, which will make you question what you actually know. [Directed by Cognitive Media, narration by John Lloyd].

John Lloyd: An animated tour of the invisible

An animated tour of the invisible

Gravity. The stars in day. Thoughts. The human genome. Time. Atoms. So much of what really matters in the world is impossible to see. A stunning animation of John Lloyd's classic TEDTalk from 2009, which will make you question what you actually know. [Directed by Cognitive Media, narration by John Lloyd]. 

The invisible shapes our world far more than what we can observe. From gravity that binds the universe to the 20,000 genes in the human genome—fewer than in rice—much of what matters eludes our senses. Concepts like time, consciousness, and the very atoms in our bodies are beyond visual grasp and often remain mysteries even to science. Even our own identities are built on shifting, unseen foundations as every cell in our bodies is replaced every seven years.