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An Interview with Dr. Ronald Mickens

An Interview with Dr. Ronald Mickens

FromInitial Conditions: A Physics History Podcast


An Interview with Dr. Ronald Mickens

FromInitial Conditions: A Physics History Podcast

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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Sep 8, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In June, after several technical mishaps, I flew down to Atlanta, Georgia, to meet Dr. Ronald Mickens and talk about his research on the history of African American physicists. In this episode, you’ll hear my interview with Dr. Mickens. He discusses his personal and professional backgrounds, how he became interested in studying the history of African American physicists, the factors that he considers to be most important in expanding the community of African American physicists during the twentieth century, and how the community has changed in the twenty-three years since his exhibit at the American Society for Physics centennial (for more on that, check out episode 7).
Released:
Sep 8, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (15)

Initial conditions provide the context in which physics happens. Likewise, in Initial Conditions: a Physics History Podcast, we provide the context in which physical discoveries happened. We dive into the collections of the Niels Bohr Library & Archives at the American Institute of Physics to uncover the unexpected stories behind the physics we know. Through these stories, we hope to challenge the conventional history of what it means to be a physicist.