Topic
History of Science
Episodes and research papers from From First Principles that help explain History of Science from the ground up.
Episodes
Conversations and explainers connected to History of Science.
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.
EP 39
The Prometheus Constellation: Dramaturgical and Scientific Analysis of the Physicists in Oppenheimer
A movie cast list turned into a deep dive on quantum mechanics, black holes, nuclear physics, and the greatest minds of the 20th century.