28 min listen
On The Shoulders of Giants: John Wheeler and Salome Waelsch
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Apr 16, 2008
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Podcast episode
Description
Physicist John Wheeler and geneticist Salome Waelsch both had incredibly long and fruitful careers, providing numerous fundamental insights in their respective fields. We'll hear from Kenneth Ford, former director of the American Institute of Physics, about Wheeler, who died April 13th at 96. And Princeton's Lee Silver talks about Waelsch, who died last fall at 100 and who was memorialized on April 14th at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Plus we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Websites mentioned on this episode include www.ianford.com/kenford; www.leemsilver.net
Released:
Apr 16, 2008
Format:
Podcast episode
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