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S05E17: MeasurementDid you know that the Concorde moves 300,000 times faster than a land snail? Or that a giant redwood can be as tall as a 35-story apartment building? The only reason we can make these comparisons is because people have measured these things. We don’t compare jets and snails every day, but we do rely on measurement constantly. When you take your temperature, you find out how it compares to the temperature of someone who is healthy. When you bake brownies, you’ll need to measure the ingredients first to make sure they turn out tasty. Using measurement, we can make useful comparisons of distance, time, mass, and temperature.
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Air Date:
May 30, 1998
Runtime:
26 minutes
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Casts:
Bill Nye, Rachel Glenn, Jennifer Lin, Amy Broder, Ethan Ferkiss
