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Podcast: Curiosity Weekly
Episode: How LEDs Work (w/ LED Pioneer George Craford)
Description: Learn about the “birthday paradox.” Then, George Craford — one of the pioneers of LED lighting — talks LED innovation.
The Birthday Paradox by Cameron Duke
Science Buddies. (2012, March 29). Probability and the Birthday Paradox. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bring-science-home-probability-birthday-paradox/
TED-Ed. (2017). Check your intuition: The birthday problem - David Knuffke [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtT_cgMzHx8
Understanding the Birthday Paradox – BetterExplained. (2021). Betterexplained.com. https://betterexplained.com/articles/understanding-the-birthday-paradox/
Learn more about George Craford and the QEPrize:
The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering: https://qeprize.org/
George Craford's bio: https://www.nae.edu/128635/Dr-M-George-Craford
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