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AMSE Science Report Episodes

Aug. 17, 2024

AMSE Science Report with Giulio Boccaletti

We discuss Giulio Boccaletti's book, Water: A Biography which shows how water has helped shape our lives and our civilizations

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Aug. 10, 2024

AMSE Science Report with Jon Gertner

A brief discussion with with Jon Gertner about his book, The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

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July 20, 2024

AMSE Science Report with guest Ernest Freeberg

AMSE Science Report with guest Ernest Freeberg

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June 16, 2024

AMSE Science Report_ with guest Steve Olson

Steve Olson, the author of Mapping Human History: Genes, Race and our Common Origins is the guest.

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June 3, 2024

AMSE Science Report with Jim Holt

Why is there something rather than nothing?

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May 2, 2024

AMSE Science Report with Laurence Smith

An exploration of the timeless yet underappreciated relationship between rivers and civilization as we know it.

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May 1, 2024

AMSE Science Report with Ben Goldfarb

The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter

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April 30, 2024

AMSE Science Report with Angela Creager

Life Atomic: A History of Radioisotopes in Science and Medicine

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April 30, 2024

AMSE Science Report David Rooney

Spaces of Congestion and Traffic, Politics and Technologies in 20th Century London Mathematics How It Shaped Our World.

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April 29, 2024

AMSE Science Report with guest Dan Falk

Science, science and science

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April 28, 2024

AMSE Science Report with guest Andrew Chaikin

Space historian, that should be enough to make you listen

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April 27, 2024

AMSE Science Report with guest Will Carroll

The science of baseball and football

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April 26, 2024

AMSE Science Report with guest Alanna Mitchell

The Electromagnetic Force that Created the Modern World – and Could Destroy It

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April 25, 2024

AMSE Science Report Bethany Brookshire

How Humans Create Animal Villains

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April 24, 2024

AMSE Science Report with guest Raphael Rosen

Math Geek: From Klein Bottles to Chaos Theory, a Guide to the Nerdiest Math Facts, Theorems, and Equations.

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