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#12 Unsung heroes of science

#12 Unsung heroes of science

Update: 2021-04-05

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Celebrating the forgotten people behind history’s biggest scientific breakthroughs, this episode is an ode to unsung heroes. Starting with the American chemist Alice Ball, the team discusses her groundbreaking work on leprosy in the 20th century. They then remember the German mathematician Emmy Noether whose theorem is so impressive it puts Pythagoras to shame! And last but not least Mary Sherman Morgan gets the spotlight, an American rocket fuel scientist who helped the US enter the space race. On the pod are Timothy Revell, Bethan Ackerley and Anna Demming. Find out more at newscientist.com/podcasts.

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#15 The unseen world: bats, neutrinos and invisibility cloaks

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#14 My chemical romance: famous locations in elemental discovery

#14 My chemical romance: famous locations in elemental discovery

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#13 How we perceive the world

#13 How we perceive the world

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#12 Unsung heroes of science

#12 Unsung heroes of science

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#11 Scales: from music, to nature to infinity

#11 Scales: from music, to nature to infinity

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#10 Flow: the science and psychology about being in the zone

#10 Flow: the science and psychology about being in the zone

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#9 The best moons of our solar system: Luna, Europa and Titan

#9 The best moons of our solar system: Luna, Europa and Titan

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#8 Escape from predators and escape from the planet

#8 Escape from predators and escape from the planet

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#7 Speed: From the quickest animal in the world to the fastest supercomputer

#7 Speed: From the quickest animal in the world to the fastest supercomputer

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#6 All about warmth: emotional, physiological and geological

#6 All about warmth: emotional, physiological and geological

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#5 Sound: Prepare to feel relaxed, tingly and amazed, in the space of 20 minutes

#5 Sound: Prepare to feel relaxed, tingly and amazed, in the space of 20 minutes

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#4 Mass: From lightest creatures on earth, to the heaviest things in the cosmos

#4 Mass: From lightest creatures on earth, to the heaviest things in the cosmos

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#3 Music: the jazz swing of birdsong and the sonification of the orbits of planets

#3 Music: the jazz swing of birdsong and the sonification of the orbits of planets

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#2 All about alliances: human, biological and atomic

#2 All about alliances: human, biological and atomic

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#1 Understanding

#1 Understanding

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#12 Unsung heroes of science

#12 Unsung heroes of science

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