The sky sailors who (nearly) changed history

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In 1862 two men accidentally soared into the stratosphere. This is the story of how they barely survived. Learn about the exciting developments in science since with Brilliant! www.brilliant.org/SimonClark
James Glaisher and Henry Coxwell were two Victorian aeronauts, brave air sailors who were the first individuals to sail into the stratosphere, barely returning with their lives.
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This video is about the real life scientists who inspired the film the Aeronauts with Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, James Glaisher and Henry Coxwell, the first people to enter the stratosphere, the second layer of the atmosphere. The pair of aeronauts barely escaped with their lives after first entering the frozen middle atmosphere.
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@DemetriPanici 2 года назад

"Declined to ascend" LOL

@domainofscience 2 года назад

Absolutely fascinating! Can't wait to read Firmament!

@TAP7a 2 года назад

Coxwell and Assman are two scientists that I am very grateful to now know the names of

@Flummiification 2 года назад

I am German and even I was giggling, when he showed the picture of Richard Aßmann.

@CaptainBlitz 2 года назад

6:01 I see he is a man of culture as well.

@berten673 2 года назад

Really enjoyed this video, Simon! And I've been (re)watching more of your old videos as I was applying for a PhD in the past few days. It keeps me motivated and gave me the inspiration to apply for a PhD.

@kendrajohnson6535 2 года назад

Such an incredible story! Thank you for another wonderful video, Simon :)

@dtghanvey 2 года назад

What a story -can't wait to read about it, and more, in your book!

@adviksharma2072 2 года назад

how do u not have more subs. u deserve it

@rachaelversaw 2 года назад

What an event! Very excited for Firmament and more historical videos especially

@AnthonyHernandez-tr4sl 2 года назад

Love to learn exciting new things. This channel is definitely a fave now

@owen246 2 года назад

"Publish or perish" taken to new heights ;)

@secularstormchaser0074 2 года назад

Loved the aeronauts!

@malteplath 2 года назад

I love your presentation! Nice animations, too.

@gregorywhatley9659 2 года назад

I was wondering when that book was coming out lol had completely forgotten, thanks for the reminder Great video man, really interesting

@MrSam2450 2 года назад

This was great. I always find it amazing how Temperature doesn't get colder as you get higher. Animations top notch Though I can't think of this without thinking about "The Golden Age of Ballooning" Monty Python

@ThitutUhthalye 2 года назад

Imagine you almost died and the most important thing that comes to mind is the measurements.

@wiesorix 2 года назад

From what I have learned about science history, I guess that even if Glaisher and Coxwell did manage to get temperature readings, nobody on earth would have believed them. So it would probably take more people and more measurements anyway to convince scientist of the layered atmosphere, and somebody else would have gotten credit for it. Or maybe I've been reading too many stories about things named after the wrong people lately.

@klausgartenstiel4586 2 года назад

the "coxwell mammoth" is a bit of a mouthful.

@charlestrudel8308 2 года назад

what an awesome story.

@larscarlquist9968 2 года назад

Simon, this video didn't show up in my feed and I wasn't aware of its existence till you tweeted about it.

@turbocinek 2 года назад

Great video on a really interesting, not too well-known story! Just one question. Is a tropopause a part of the stratosphere? If not, there's a mistake in 5:20 and the title. But "first stratospheric flight" surely sounds better than "first tropopausic (?) flight"

@MatthijsvanDuin 2 года назад

the tropopause is the (somewhat ill-defined) boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere

@treehouserudolf9924 2 года назад

Hey Simon you are such a brilliant scientist I really love your content and eagerly wait for it why don't you join the bbc weather so that I can see your expert analysis everyday

@emillybech3837 2 года назад

Coxwell and Assmann, I feel like a child smiling at those names.

@owenwainer5282 2 года назад

9:00 This effect requires GPU acceleration

@tadhgtwo 2 года назад

Simon great video and an interesting bit of history. I see you took your own risk too in making the video. You're a brave man to put the word "older" in a sentence refering to your fiancée.😂

@clankb2o5 2 года назад

I don't even want to think about having to climb into a balloon at that altitude.... brrrrr

@poisson6673 2 года назад

*SIMON CLARK* In the context of preparing for international olympiads,jee,etc... Can u please explain exactly step by step how to read a question solution actively *introspectively* such that u r thinking how the person who wrote the solution came up with each step and u r trying to find out his/her thought process...basically such that ur gaining smthg from that solution... Can u do this with the help of some example questions from topics like PnC,Probability,Sequence nd series,circles,etc [maybe jee advanced questions]...like can u also mention the algorithm/logic/patterns memorization part along with the logical reasoning part.... Like from understanding+memorizing theory...to actually mastering the art of problem solving for multiple topics

@theprocastinators9518 2 года назад

Henry Coxwell also has a flight-related medical condition named after him; one that occurs when removing one's trousers in a low-pressure environment.

@assaqwwq 2 года назад

Uhm. Nobody is gonna mention the movie "The aeronauts"? Coxwell looks really good in that movie ;)

@DemonPrince69 2 года назад

Your book link took me to Amazon but Firmament was not to be seen.

@DomenBremecXCVI 2 года назад

I see Coxwell was a great fisherman in his time off work.

@comeradecoyote 2 года назад

A fun followup would be the American atmospheric ballon missions in the 20's and 30's.

@byrnemeister2008 2 года назад

I hope we are going to be getting an audiobook version!!

@SimonClark 2 года назад

We are! I recorded it myself the other week

@byrnemeister2008 2 года назад

Cool it’ll be on my Audible wish list.

@leif1075 2 года назад

@@SimonClark Hey Simon, I really hope you can respond to my other comments when you can. Thanks very much.

@joelvenga 2 года назад

Lovely

@anshingle3007 2 года назад

Hats off scientists

@charleshardy2252 2 года назад

The only part of this which I find detestable is the fact that the dislike number has been removed

@MatthijsvanDuin 2 года назад

That's now the case on all of youtube

@sconesaregood 2 года назад

My son is also named Léon Philippe Teisserenc de Bort

@SteveDondley 6 месяцев назад

I can't find no primary source that Glaisher called any of his balloons the "Mammoth." This may have been a fiction from the movie.

@SteveDondley 6 месяцев назад

OK, nvm. Coxwell himself talks about the name of the balloon in his bio.

@KoalaMeatPie 2 года назад

5:25 ........ Al... Almost Certain? What have you not told us? It's the Nazca, supposition isn't it?

@communistpropagandist4608 2 года назад

I thought Coxwell would be the best name but then Bort.

@mydroid2791 2 года назад

Nine Nine!

@secularstormchaser0074 2 года назад

Still no U.S. release of Firmament

@radiozelaza 2 года назад

mesosphere is still the least explored

@stekra3159 2 года назад

Glaisher fine I will do it my self then

@JustinSmith-ug9wm 2 года назад

Loved the video! I'm not a fan of the title though. I feel like it isn't descriptive and if I wasn't subscribed I wouldn't click on the video.

@AhmetKaan 2 года назад

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@AhmetKaan 2 года назад

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