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The accident that changed the world | Allison Ramsey and Mary Staicu

The accident that changed the world | Allison Ramsey and Mary Staicu

FromTED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing


The accident that changed the world | Allison Ramsey and Mary Staicu

FromTED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing

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Length:
5 minutes
Released:
Feb 10, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In 1928, scientist Alexander Fleming returned to his lab and found something unexpected: a colony of mold growing on a Petri dish he'd forgotten to place in his incubator. And around this colony of mold was a zone completely and surprisingly clear of bacteria. What was this mysterious phenomenon? Allison Ramsey and Mary Staicu detail the discovery of penicillin and how it transformed medicine. [Directed by WOW-HOW Studio, narrated by Susan Zimmerman].
Released:
Feb 10, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (97)

TED-Ed's commitment to creating lessons worth sharing is an extension of TED's mission of spreading great ideas. Within TED-Ed's growing library of TED-Ed animations, you will find carefully curated educational videos, many of which represent collaborations between talented educators and animators nominated through the TED-Ed website (ed.ted.com).