A Bit of Historical Context
By Kathy Joseph
Every Tuesday at 10 AM PST.
A Bit of Historical ContextJun 28, 2022
How Rutherford Found the Age of the Earth with Alexis Dahl
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:
- How Rutherford came up with the age of the earth
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
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The History of Xray with Patrick Kelly
About This Episode:
What did they do with an x-ray machine before they discovered x-rays? In this episode, Kathy Joseph and guest Patrick Kelly discuss The History of the Xray and how it all began, from its discovery to how it was invented and how Edison got related to x-ray safety.
Topics discussed in this episode:
- How Faraday's discovery of induction led to the creation of X-ray machines
- Why the international debates about the nature of Cathode Rays were important
- How the first medical X-ray was discovered
- How the World reacted to X-rays
- How Edison was involved for both good and ill
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: