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The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

Mark Chrisler

Natural Sciences, Design, History, Arts, Science

4.8 • 922 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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1:09.9	Early in his career, he developed a capillary
1:11.6	electrometer that was far more sensitive than any which preceded it,
1:14.6	and the method he discovered for making it
1:16.6	eventually allowed for the creation of the electrocardiogram.
1:20.6	In 1895, he figured out a more accurate way to measure time.
1:25.6	He's best known for inventing color photography, which nabbed him a Nobel
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