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What if a nuclear engineer was elected US President? with Jonathan Alter

What if a nuclear engineer was elected US President? with Jonathan Alter

He was and served as the 39th President of the USA. But before his career in politics, Jimmy Carter was a Navy Nuke under Gen. Rickover. What did he do in the Navy? How did this time in the Nuclear Navy shape his policies? What would happen if someone who thought like a scientist gained access to the h...

The impact of the Cold War on LIGO with Tiffany Nichols
July 06, 2021
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The impact of the Cold War on LIGO with Tiffany Nichols

In this episode Shelly speaks to Tiffany Nichols, doctoral candidate at the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University, graduate student affiliate at the Black Hole Initiative and a National Science Foundation grantee. Her research focuses on how place, surrounding environment, and labo...