How could a brilliant scientist and mathematician, an innovator in quantum theory, who worked closely with Jewish colleagues, become an ardent Nazi? How did this man, who has a field of mathematics named after him, escape the scrutiny of his colleagues? And what happened to him upon the collapse of Nazi Germany? The scientist who straddled this strange world of physics and Nazism was Pascual Jordan. With us to explain the history of Pascual Jordan is Ryan Dahn. Ryan is a writer, editor, science historian, and translator. He is the books editor at Physics Today, the flagship physics magazine of the American Institute of Physics.
Episode 61. Foresight: Thomas Suddendorf
Episode 60. Planetary Boundary Threats: Bethanie Carney Almroth
Episode 59. The Civilian Conservation Corps: Neil Maher
Episode 58. Subtraction: Leidy Klotz
Episode 57. Bias: Jim Zimring
Episode 56. Marine Pollution: David Valentine
Episode 55. DDT: Elena Conis
Episode 54. Bohr’s Atom: John Heilbron
Episode 53. Industrial Agriculture: Helen Anne Curry
Episode 52. Neurological Disorders: Sara Manning Peskin
Episode 51. Ecological Economics: Herman Daly
Episode 50. Space & the Sixties: Neil Maher
Episode 49. Armament & Disarmament: Richard Garwin
Episode 48. Nuclear Disarmament: Zia Mian
Episode 47. The Demarcation Problem: Michael Gordin
Episode 46. Unsettled Research: Mark Lytle
Episode 45. Wildlife Biology: George Schaller
Episode 44. Chemical Sense & Nonsense: Joe Schwarcz
Episode 43. Number Theory: Bryden Cais
Episode 42. Euclid’s Elements: David Acheson
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