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Episode 32. Materials Science: Ainissa Ramirez
Episode 32. Materials Science: Ainissa Ramirez
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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Jul 11, 2020
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Podcast episode
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Discoveries in basic science often translate into material goods, and frequently in surprising ways. Material goods, in turn, facilitate scientific progress. Therefore, science and technology advance in tandem. Today we delve into the history of materials science with the help of Ainissa Ramirez. Ainissa is a scientist and science communicator, and the author of The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another, published by MIT Press.
Released:
Jul 11, 2020
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Podcast episode
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