Feb 15, 2019
[Reupload with the actual, correct file this time - sorry!
Thomas]
When Teller's dream of a hydrogen, fusion bomb was eventually
realised, it was another physicist, Ulam, who really came up with
the winning design... and the first steps along the road to nuclear
fusion on Earth.
Physical Attraction is the podcast...
Feb 15, 2019
Through a contrived, almost absurd series of circumstances, I've
managed to release last week's episode again in place of this
week's.
A re-record is in order and the REAL Nuclear Fusion, Episode V will
be released hopefully this evening.
Sorry everyone!
Perils of the job.
- Thomas
Feb 7, 2019
You can get too caught up in praising the beauty of science and conflating that with praising the individual. I think we should recognise and appreciate brilliance, but stop short of hero-worship. It’s reductive. It diminishes people. It removes important parts of who they were. It can, in its worst excesses,...
Feb 5, 2019
Physical Attraction:
100th Episode Competition
Physical Attraction is the podcast focused on
physics, science and technology – and we’re about to reach a very
big milestone when our 100th episode releases later on this
year.
To celebrate, we’re hosting a special competition with FABULOUS
PRIZES.
To enter, you...
Feb 3, 2019
The good people of the United States Senate were not prepared for Huey P. Long.
Could Huey Long's personality, travelling-salesman charm, and
Share Our Wealth populism catapult him into the White House?
In this episode, we find out.
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