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The BrainFood Show

Incredible Engineering- The Man Who Froze Time

The BrainFood Show

Cloud10

History, Education

4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

A speeding bullet ripping through an apple, a split second before the fruit disintegrates. A drop of milk splashing off a red plate, forming a perfect miniature coronet. An atomic bomb frozen just after detonation, the fireball like a giant, surreal jellyfish. The movement of a golfer captured at split-second intervals, revealing the practiced elegance of his stroke. You have probably seen these iconic images dozens of times, reproduced on postcards, in coffee table books and science textbooks, and even on art gallery walls. They are perhaps the best-known works of Doctor Harold Edgerton, an American inventor who pioneered ultra-high-speed photography and helped uncover the secret world hidden in the moments too brief for the eye to see. But Edgerton’s work went far beyond just making pretty pictures, his many inventions helping to revolutionize fields as diverse as manufacturing, biology, and ocean exploration. This is the forgotten and incredible story of ‘Doc’ Edgerton - AKA “Papa Flash” - the man who made time stand still. Author: Gilles Messier Editor: Daven Hiskey Host: Simon Whistler Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.1

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0:09.3

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0:15.1

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0:20.3

A speeding bullet ripping through an apple, a split second before the fruit disintegrates,

0:24.2

a drop of milk splashing off a red plate, forming a perfect miniature coronet,

0:28.6

an atom bomb frozen just after detonation on fireball like a giant surreal jellyfish.

0:33.7

The movement of a golfer captured at split second intervals, revealing the practice delegance of his

0:37.7

stroke. You've probably seen these iconic images dozens of times reproduced on postcards,

0:42.1

in coffee table books and even science textbooks, even on art gallery walls. They are perhaps

0:47.0

the best-known works of Dr. Harold Edgerton, an American inventor who pioneered ultra-high-speed

0:51.8

photography and helped uncover the secret world hidden in the

0:54.9

moments too brief for the eye to see. But Edgerton's work went far beyond just making pretty

0:58.8

pictures, his many inventions helping to revolutionize fields as diverse as manufacturing,

1:03.2

biology and ocean exploration. This is the forgotten, an incredible story of Doc Edgton,

1:08.0

aka Papa Flash, the man who made time stand still.

1:12.6

Harold Eugene Edgerton was born in Fremont, Nebraska on April 6, 1903, the first of three children

1:18.0

born to Frank Edgerton and his wife, Mary Coe. The Edgerton family had deep roots in the United

1:22.3

States, their lineage stretching back to William Bradford, governor of the Plymouth Colony and

1:26.8

one of the original

1:27.5

passengers on the Mayflower.

1:28.9

Harold's father, a lawyer, served as Assistant Attorney General of Nebraska from 1911 to

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