Physical Attraction

Physical Attraction

Physical Attraction is the show that explores topics in science, technology, and the future - from a physicist's perspective. From the birth of stars to the end of the world, from interviews with experts to meticulously-researched deep dives, we'll explore the topics that shape our world.

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Episoder(247)

Newton III: The Cosmic Ballet

Newton III: The Cosmic Ballet

In this episode, we get into the heart of Isaac Newton's scientific contribution. His laws of mechanics and gravitation fundamentally changed the way that we viewed both motion, and one of the (now fo...

13 Jul 201835min

Newton II: Calculus, Corpuscles, and the Plague Years

Newton II: Calculus, Corpuscles, and the Plague Years

We discuss some of Isaac Newton's most notable discoveries, from the invention of calculus (simultaneously with Leibniz) and his early grappling and wrestling with a physical theory of light. Was Newt...

5 Jul 201829min

Autocracy Now Bonus: Stalin Episode III: Taking Control

Autocracy Now Bonus: Stalin Episode III: Taking Control

As Lenin's health declined, Stalin sought to outmanouver his rivals in the Bolshevik party and consolidate single-handed, dictatorial control over Russia.  Follow us on Twitter @autocracynow, our sist...

3 Jul 201833min

Isaac Newton, Part I : Burning Down The House

Isaac Newton, Part I : Burning Down The House

Isaac Newton made an almost incomparable contribution to physics - practically founding the field with his famous Laws that defined the mechanics of how bodies move for centuries, and by discovering g...

28 Jun 201825min

How to Save the World, part II

How to Save the World, part II

Should we be talking about a one-world government to head off existential threats? What about schemes to preserve human genetic information, or launch relics from our civilisation to land on the moon?...

17 Jun 201841min

TEOTWAWKI: How To Save The World, Part 1

TEOTWAWKI: How To Save The World, Part 1

So, now that I've thoroughly frightened us all with the terrifying visions of the apocalypse, I guess I should answer the question: what can we do to save ourselves? What should we do to save ourselve...

8 Jun 201849min

Future of Work, Part II - The Rant Edition

Future of Work, Part II - The Rant Edition

Last episode on the Future of Work, I described the problem – artificial intelligence is going to potentially make a lot of people unemployed in the near-term future; and the range of opinions, you ca...

1 Jun 201840min

Bonus: Stalin Episode II, Revolution and Civil War

Bonus: Stalin Episode II, Revolution and Civil War

The last bonus from the Autocracy Now feed for a while - we take Stalin's career up to the Russian Revolution and Civil War. For the rest of his story, head over to www.autocracynow.libsyn.com Or s...

30 Mai 201831min

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