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Podcast: The DemystifySci Podcast
Episode: How WWII Politics Killed the Aether - Dr. Kathy Joseph, Kathy Loves Physics - DSPod 193
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Kathy Joseph is a historian of physics and the force behind @KathyLovesPhysics , an exploration of the cultural, historical, and social forces that shape physics behind the scenes. We talk to her about unconventional paths to science, the value of understanding history, the surprising ways in which science is shaped by cultural fashions, how materialism came and went, the birth of the aether, and the campaign to discredit relativity as a “Jewish science”
Check out her Youtube channel @kathylovesphysics
Her website at www.kathylovesphysics.com
Her book about the da...