The Brightest Light Ever Made By Humans
Watch Becky Stern’s Shenzen series on Nebula! https://nebula.tv/videos/beckystern-how-pcbs-and-leds-are-made-made-in-shenzhen?ref=joescottFor most of human history, the brightest man-made light was just firelight. But around the turn of the century, artificial light came on the scene and the race to create the brightest light ever was on, and it continues to this day. In fact we have created light that is brighter than the sun. Brighter than a nuclear weapon. By tens of millions of times.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Fire
4:43 - Harnessing the Sun
7:41 - Mega-lights
12:34 - Measuring Light
17:30 - Nukes
23:16 - Insane Lasers
27:06 - Sponsor - Nebula Receive SMS online on sms24.me
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