The most groundbreaking scientist you've never heard of - Addison Anderson

Seventeenth-century Danish geologist Nicolas Steno earned his chops at a young age, studying cadavers and drawing anatomic connections between species. Steno made outsized contributions to the field of geology, influencing Charles Lyell, James Hutton and Charles Darwin. Addison Anderson recounts Steno's little-known legacy and lauds his insistence on empiricism over blind theory.

Lesson by Addison Anderson, animation by Anton Bogaty.

[memedreams]

Addison Anderson is by far the best Narrator on this channel

[HurrayTsk]

I went to a small private school in Denmark named for Steno, and i heard the shark teeth story more times than i can count

[rlaxasdf]

Ha "ground breaking"
Cause you know, he is a geologist.

[AlvinLee]

And I thought Addison Anderson was the scientist I've never heard of...

[rohitjain]

The narrator has a very soothing voice. I am watching all Ted Ed videos only for his voice.

[SatyaVenugopal]

"The most groundbreaking scientist..." turns out to be a father of modern geology. I see what you did there, TED-Ed.

[shubhammk]

beautiful is what we see, more beautiful is what we know, most beautiful by far is what we don't

[Ravr]

ah! For some reason, the last lines gave me chills. I could listen to Addison Anderson talk all day. He's by far my favorite narrator from the TedEx team.

[matthewbrown]

Great video. Would have been good to mention that Nicolas Steno was a bishop in the Catholic church and venerated as a saint soon after his death. He was officially beatified in 1988. The most groundbreaking scientist you never heard of who laid the groundwork for evolution was also a saint! Pretty cool. 

[igunashiodesu]

Another scientist whom I believe would also fit inside this category is Gregor Mendel. Father of modern genetics, whose works published in 1866 were discredited at firsthand by the then current scientific community until its rediscovery in 1900. 16 years after his death.

[wolfizee]

Well, i'm suprised he wasn't arrested, as that's what happened to most groundbreaking scientists at the time.

[hoa-gloria-pham]

Finally I could watch a lesson from the narrator I've always loved the most! Addison Anderson's voice is life.

[touyebou]

Why didn't we learn this in school?

[ariannasilva]

My 10th grade Earth Science teacher talked about him!

[DarkMatter]

Technically, you're correct. We accept knowledge gained by science until it is disproved (or improved upon, thereby gaining a higher degree of predictive power). In a strictly colloquial sense, I think it's safe to use the word "proved" when referring to cornerstones of science.

[XavierMahele]

"Beatiful is what we see, more beautiful is what we know, most beautiful is what we don't"

[BBBrasil]

4:10 "Beautiful is what we see, more beautiful is what we know, most beautiful, by far, is what we don't." That's why creationists will never understand science, ask questions and be delighted for not knowing the answers. Yet.

[alexeduardogomezceballos]

U guys make me happy! hearing that sound as the video starts is like a learner's on switch; you know that your going to learn something new and the animations and arguments leave you wanting more and more. Thanks guys for the effort, expect my sub.

[yh]

I thought the scientist's name is Addison Anderson 

[timzdencanovic]

Just failed to mention he was a convert to Catholicism who became a bishop and is currently on the way to being considered a saint. Most groundbreaking scientist you've never heard of was a Catholic bishop. Surely it was just an oversight that that wasn't mentioned.