Curiosity is something we value here at “Read Science”, and today we talked about it with Mario Livio, author of Why? What Makes Us Curious. We heard stories about Richard Feynman, learned about theories of curiosity, what it is and how it happens in the brain, talked about exciting curiosity in science communication, and the role curiosity has in overcoming fear of the unknown. We also guarantee that no cats were harmed in the making of this episode.
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Curiosity is something we value here at “Read Science”, and today we talked about it with Mario Livio, author of Why? What Makes Us Curious. We heard stories about Richard Feynman, learned about theories of curiosity, what it is and how it happens in the brain, talked about exciting curiosity in science communication, and the role curiosity has in overcoming fear of the unknown. We also guarantee that no cats were harmed in the making of this episode.
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NASA’s robotic exploration mission were our topic today as we talked with writer-about-all-things-space and editor of “Universe Today” Nancy Atkinson about her book, Incredible Stories from Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos.
Martian rovers, a Pluto flyby, photos from Jupiter, voyages to asteroids, unforgettable photos from the Hubble Space Telescope–we talked about all those amazing things, and more.
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NASA’s robotic exploration mission were our topic today as we talked with writer-about-all-things-space and editor of “Universe Today” Nancy Atkinson about her book, Incredible Stories from Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos.
Martian rovers, a Pluto flyby, photos from Jupiter, voyages to asteroids, unforgettable photos from the Hubble Space Telescope–we talked about all those amazing things, and more.
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We haven’t talked much about math so far on “Read Science!”, but with this episode we got down to serious business and went directly to Big Numbers and Infinity — and beyond!
Our guest was mathematician Richard Evan Schwartz, author of Gallery of the Infinite, Really Big Numbers, and You Can Count on Monsters, his remarkably informative yet playful graphical books about numbers, big numbers, and lots and lots of numbers. We discussed numbers and art and his penchant for making drawings to explain these ideas. We also learned more about the “Infinite Chicken” and “Rational Crocodile”. It’s good to be reminded that math can be this much fun.
For more about “Inkscape”, the vector-drawing program Rich uses to create his images, or to download a free copy, visit their official website: https://inkscape.org/en/.
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We haven’t talked much about math so far on “Read Science!”, but with this episode we got down to serious business and went directly to Big Numbers and Infinity — and beyond!
Our guest was mathematician Richard Evan Schwartz, author of Gallery of the Infinite, Really Big Numbers, and You Can Count on Monsters, his remarkably informative yet playful graphical books about numbers, big numbers, and lots and lots of numbers. We discussed numbers and art and his penchant for making drawings to explain these ideas. We also learned more about the “Infinite Chicken” and “Rational Crocodile”. It’s good to be reminded that math can be this much fun.
For more about “Inkscape”, the vector-drawing program Rich uses to create his images, or to download a free copy, visit their official website: https://inkscape.org/en/.
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