Name: 凱利•穆利斯談論科學家是做什麼的?
Uploaded: 2009-01-05T01:00:00Z
Duration: 29 min 12 s
Description: 生化學家 — 凱利•穆利斯談論現代科學的基礎：實驗。利用一些 17 世紀的故事，還有從他自己年輕時在後院發射火箭的經歷，穆利斯與觀眾慶祝好奇心，啟發和嚴謹科學的各種形式與面向。

Kary Mullis: 凱利•穆利斯談論科學家是做什麼的?

凱利•穆利斯談論科學家是做什麼的?

生化學家 — 凱利•穆利斯談論現代科學的基礎：實驗。利用一些 17 世紀的故事，還有從他自己年輕時在後院發射火箭的經歷，穆利斯與觀眾慶祝好奇心，啟發和嚴謹科學的各種形式與面向。

The foundation of modern science was laid just 350 years ago, when experiments and visible results replaced debates about philosophy or theology. A story about 17th-century scientists risking controversy by creating vacuums—killing birds in bell jars—illustrates how demonstration became more important than authority. This shift unleashed technology that would have made kings go to war for a GPS. Not all scientists are driven by curiosity, and public debates, like those on climate, can ignore inconvenient evidence.