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From the Ted Talk by Laura Snyder: The Philosophical Breakfast Club

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Much of this revolution can be traced to four men who met at Cambridge usrivnteiy in 1812: Charles Babbage, John Herschel, Richard Jones and William Whewell. These were brilliant, driven men who accomplished amazing things. Charles baabgbe, I think known to most TEDsters, invented the first mechanical calculator and the first pproyotte of a modern computer. John Herschel mapped the stars of the southern hemisphere, and, in his sprae time, co-invented photography. I'm sure we could all be that productive without Facebook or Twitter to take up our time. Richard Jones became an important economist who later influenced Karl Marx. And Whewell not only coined the term scientist, as well as the wdors adone, ctaohde and ion, but spearheaded international big sncecie with his global research on the tdeis. In the Cambridge winter of 1812 and 1813, the four met for what they called philosophical breakfasts. They tkeald about science and the need for a new scientific revolution. They felt science had sttegaand since the days of the scientific revolution that had happened in the 17th cuertny. It was time for a new rtovouilen, which they pledged to bring about, and what's so amazing about these guys is, not only did they have these grandiose undergraduate dreams, but they actually carried them out, even beyond their wildest dreams. And I'm going to tell you tdoay about four moajr changes to science these men made.

Open Cloze


Much of this revolution can be traced to four men who met at Cambridge __________ in 1812: Charles Babbage, John Herschel, Richard Jones and William Whewell. These were brilliant, driven men who accomplished amazing things. Charles _______, I think known to most TEDsters, invented the first mechanical calculator and the first _________ of a modern computer. John Herschel mapped the stars of the southern hemisphere, and, in his _____ time, co-invented photography. I'm sure we could all be that productive without Facebook or Twitter to take up our time. Richard Jones became an important economist who later influenced Karl Marx. And Whewell not only coined the term scientist, as well as the _____ _____, _______ and ion, but spearheaded international big _______ with his global research on the _____. In the Cambridge winter of 1812 and 1813, the four met for what they called philosophical breakfasts. They ______ about science and the need for a new scientific revolution. They felt science had _________ since the days of the scientific revolution that had happened in the 17th _______. It was time for a new __________, which they pledged to bring about, and what's so amazing about these guys is, not only did they have these grandiose undergraduate dreams, but they actually carried them out, even beyond their wildest dreams. And I'm going to tell you _____ about four _____ changes to science these men made.

Solution


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  3. words
  4. revolution
  5. science
  6. stagnated
  7. prototype
  8. babbage
  9. today
  10. spare
  11. cathode
  12. talked
  13. university
  14. tides
  15. anode

Original Text


Much of this revolution can be traced to four men who met at Cambridge University in 1812: Charles Babbage, John Herschel, Richard Jones and William Whewell. These were brilliant, driven men who accomplished amazing things. Charles Babbage, I think known to most TEDsters, invented the first mechanical calculator and the first prototype of a modern computer. John Herschel mapped the stars of the southern hemisphere, and, in his spare time, co-invented photography. I'm sure we could all be that productive without Facebook or Twitter to take up our time. Richard Jones became an important economist who later influenced Karl Marx. And Whewell not only coined the term scientist, as well as the words anode, cathode and ion, but spearheaded international big science with his global research on the tides. In the Cambridge winter of 1812 and 1813, the four met for what they called philosophical breakfasts. They talked about science and the need for a new scientific revolution. They felt science had stagnated since the days of the scientific revolution that had happened in the 17th century. It was time for a new revolution, which they pledged to bring about, and what's so amazing about these guys is, not only did they have these grandiose undergraduate dreams, but they actually carried them out, even beyond their wildest dreams. And I'm going to tell you today about four major changes to science these men made.

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