Podcast Episodes
Back to Search5. Dr. Janna Levin — Gravitational Waves, Black Holes and the Nature of the Cosmos
Episode 5
On Thursday, February 11, 2016, the National Science Foundation made a thrilling announcement: gravitational waves—first predicted by Einstein as part of his general theory of relativity in 1916—had …
Published on 9 years, 6 months ago
4. Dr. Sean B. Carroll — The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters
Episode 4
How does life work? How does nature produce the right numbers of zebras and lions on the African savanna, or fish in the ocean? How do our bodies produce the right numbers of cells in our organs and …
Published on 9 years, 7 months ago
3. Dr. Arthur Benjamin — The Magic of Math: Solving for x and Figuring Out Why
Episode 3
The Magic of Math is the math book you wish you had in school. Using a delightful assortment of examples—from ice cream scoops and poker hands to measuring mountains and making magic squares—this boo…
Published on 9 years, 9 months ago
2. Michelle Feynman — The Quotable Feynman & His Van
Episode 2
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard P. Feynman (1918–88) was a towering scientific genius who could make himself understood by anyone and who became as famous for the wit and wisdom of his popular …
Published on 9 years, 10 months ago
1. Dr. Lisa Randall — Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe
Episode 1
The renowned Harvard cosmologist and theoretical physicist explores a scenario in which a disk of dark matter—the elusive stuff in the universe that interacts through gravity like ordinary matter, bu…
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago