VideosEnglish • 9 months ago

Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED

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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED

VideosEnglish • 9 months ago

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The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea. Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-da...

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14•9 months ago
Wow, that’s of Veritasium’s best stories - a LOT of work went into that. (And he was ignored because he didn’t have a PhD!) Very enjoyable … thanks!
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  6•9 months ago
  This raises the question, how many more scientific discoveries have been stifled or blocked outright due to Academia?

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