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America 250

The episodes where the show explains America 250 from the ground up.

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  1. EP 47

    America 250: The Breakthroughs That Built American Science — Part 2

    Part two of our America 250 special traces American science from Sputnik to the AI age, covering Apollo, ARPANET, CRISPR, LIGO, mRNA vaccines, JWST, transformers, and the future of science funding.

    America 250: The Breakthroughs That Built American Science — Part 2
  2. EP 46

    America 250: The Breakthroughs That Built American Science — Part 1

    Part one of our America 250 special traces the inventions, institutions, and scientific breakthroughs — from Franklin to Sputnik — that helped build the United States into a global scientific power.

    America 250: The Breakthroughs That Built American Science — Part 1
Chapters from these episodes12
  1. EP 47 · 21:35Cosmic microwave background
  2. EP 47 · 24:14Bell’s theorem
  3. EP 47 · 1:24:22COBE
  4. EP 47 · 1:43:05Bose-Einstein condensate
  5. EP 47 · 2:06:30LIGO
  6. EP 47 · 2:13:23James Webb Space Telescope
  7. EP 46 · 9:26Electromagnetic self-induction
  8. EP 46 · 17:55Gibbs and chemical thermodynamics
  9. EP 46 · 24:13Michelson-Morley experiment
  10. EP 46 · 26:20Alternating current and the electrical grid
  11. EP 46 · 37:47Cepheid variables and cosmic distance
  12. EP 46 · 1:09:47Lamb shift and quantum field theory