Nuclear Fusion VIII: Kinky and Unstable
In the early 1950s, optimism surrounding the potential for nuclear fusion in devices like the Stellarator, the pinch devices, and the magnetic mirror were frustrated by plasma instabilities. It turns ...
8 Mar 201923min
Nuclear Fusion VII - Juan Step Beyond
In 1950-1, Argentine dictator Juan Peron and German scientist Ronald Richter announced that they had cracked the secret of limitless energy from nuclear fusion, and would soon sell energy "in pint-siz...
1 Mar 201920min
Thermonuclear Takes: Teenage Fusion Cloudless Skies and a new AI
Hello, and welcome to this episode of Thermonuclear Takes - our occasional bonus episodes that deal with topics in the news when there's just TOO MUCH EXCITING STUFF out there to talk about. This ep...
25 Feb 201937min
Nuclear Fusion VI: Pinches, Stellarators, Perhapsatrons
Building a nuclear fusion power plant is no easy feat. Fusion naturally occurs in temperatures comparable to those at the heart of the Sun - temperatures so hot as to instantly vaporise virtually any ...
22 Feb 201927min
Nuclear Fusion V: Teller's Bomb [REUPLOAD]
[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 t...
15 Feb 201926min
Nuclear Fusion IV: Teller's Dream
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'...
7 Feb 201923min
Announcing 100th Episode "What Is Physics" Competition, with FABULOUS PRIZES
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 rel...
5 Feb 20194min
Huey Long: Episode V-VI Omnibus
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 Hous...
3 Feb 20191h 13min
