Explore every episode of the podcast A Bit of Historical Context
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
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| How Rutherford Found the Age of the Earth with Alexis Dahl | 05 Jul 2022 | 00:45:11 | |
About This Episode: Alexis Dahl is a science communicator on a quest to understand and marvel at the world outside her door. Kathy will delve into the intersection of geology, theology, physics, and radioactivity in this fascinating story of how we learned how to measure the age of the Earth. Topics discussed in this episode:
The Lightning Tamers Book by Kathy Joseph This book will change your perspective of the pioneers you thought you knew like Franklin, Volta, Faraday, Ampère, Ohm, Joule, Morse, Bell, Edison, Tesla, and Westinghouse. She will also introduce you to many who should be famous but are not (yet) like Stephan Gray, Matthias Bose, Laura Bassi, and Charles Proteus Steinmetz. Rigorously researched, historically and scientifically accurate, and quirky as hell, you are guaranteed to learn something new. If you have wondered how our electric universe functions or just like reading a fun history book, THIS is the book for you. JOIN THE WAITING LIST HERE Resources: | |||
| The History of Xray with Patrick Kelly | 28 Jun 2022 | 00:57:43 | |
About This Episode: Topics discussed in this episode:
She will also introduce you to many who should be famous but are not (yet) like Stephan Gray, Matthias Bose, Laura Bassi, and Charles Proteus Steinmetz. Rigorously researched, historically and scientifically accurate, and quirky as hell, you are guaranteed to learn something new. If you have wondered how our electric universe functions or just like reading a fun history book, THIS is the book for you. Resources: | |||