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The 20th century brought the world a scientific revolution, in which a whole galaxy of Jewish scientists participated. Their discoveries affected all areas of scientific knowledge: from nuclear physics to cybernetics, from neurobiology to the laws of the global economy. The guide "Absent-Minded People" tells about these great discoveries - and the people who stood behind them. Biologist Alexander Apt talks about how soil microbiologist Zelman Waksman found the first antibiotic capable of defeating tuberculosis This video was published on the PostNauka website (https://postnauka.ru/video/86558). More lectures, interviews and articles about fundamental science and the scientists who create it, watch on the website http://postnauka.ru/. PostNauka - everything you wanted to know about science, but didn't know who to ask.