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What we learned from 5 million books - Erez Lieberman Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel
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- TED-Ed
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- Jul 18, 2026
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- 1193
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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-we-learned-from-5-million-books-erez-lieberman-aiden-and-jean-baptiste-michelHave you played with Google Labs' Ngram Viewer? It's an addicting tool that lets you search for words and ideas in a database of 5 million books from across centuries. Erez Lieberman Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel show us how it works, and a few of the surprising things we can learn from 500 billion words. (Filmed at TEDxBoston.)Talk by Erez Lieberman Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices