Plato Got Vision Totally Wrong
Plato Got Vision Totally Wrong with tags physics, minutephysics, science
We used to think our eyes could see things using something called "visual fire". This short film explains how we managed to move away from this theory and come to understand how our sight really works. Made in collaboration with MinuteEarth and Derek of Veritasium, and originally released in 2018.
Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in a minute!
Created by Henry Reich
Produced by Joshua Chawner
00:00 Intro
00:12 Balor's Poisonous Eye
01:14 Paradigms
02:12 Plato: The Eye Emits "Visual Fire"
04:02 Problems & Progress
05:33 Ibn al-Haytham: The Eye Sees Light!
09:08 Kepler: The Eye's Lens
10:46 Optics and Biology
13:47 Credits & Sponsor
