Episode 22 - Qian Xuesen
Qian Xuesen is known as the father of China's missile and space program. He helped transform China into a world-class military power but started his career in the United States, working in the WWII wa...
20 Mars 201744min
Episode 21 - Vera Rubin
Vera Rubin's observations of galaxy rotations showed that we can only actually see about 5% of the universe.
6 Mars 201739min
Episode 20 - J. Robert Oppenheimer
After leading the United States' successful scientific effort to become the first nation to develop the atomic bomb, Robert Oppenheimer spent the rest of his life advocating for international arms con...
16 Jan 201744min
Episode 19 - Emmy Noether
German mathematician Emmy Noether came up with theorems to elegantly describe the workings of the universe.
2 Jan 201740min
Episode 18 - Omar Khayyam
Persian mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayyam created a calendar that lasted 1000 years, but the Western world only remembers him for his depressing poetry.
19 Dec 201641min
Episode 17 - Yvonne Brill
Yvonne Brill was a brilliant rocket scientist whose work made modern satellite and spacecraft missions possible. However, most people only know about her because of one terribly sexist obituary.
4 Dec 201635min
Episode 16 - Jacques Cousteau
Jacques Cousteau started out as a bit of a careless sea explorer, but became a conscientious conservationist and revered science communicator.
21 Nov 201641min
Episode 15 - Mary Anning
In her time, Mary Anning was known as the go-to person if you wanted an interesting fossil from the Jurassic period. But the most many people know about her is the tongue-twister she inspired, not her...
7 Nov 201640min
