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Aarati Asundi

Who are the people behind the discoveries that have changed our lives? Join Aarati as she spills the tea on scientists and inventors throughout history!

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71 episodes

  1. William Crookes: Spirits, Plasma, and Thallium 53:16
  2. Dr. Walter Cannon: Fight or Flight 55:37
  3. Gertrude Elion: The Rational Drug Designer 52:07
  4. Dr. Theodor Escherich: The E. coli Pediatrician 51:21
  5. Dr. Hermann Rorschach: The Inkblot Psychiatrist 1:05:51
  6. Clyde Tombaugh: Discoverer of Pluto 1:01:46
  7. Ynes Mexia: The Plant Collector 1:02:38
  8. Lynn Conway: The Computer Chip Designer 1:00:59
  9. Ferdinand von Zeppelin: The Airship Commander 1:00:06
  10. Dr. Roger Tsien: The Fluorescent Rainbow 1:04:01
  11. Dr. Alan Hart: The Tuberculosis Radiologist 59:01
  12. Dr. Henry K. Beecher: The Placebo Effect 54:26
  13. Dr. Carlos Finlay: The Mosquito Man 56:03
  14. Dr. John B. Goodenough: Lithium-ion Batteries 58:05
  15. Dr. Tetsuya "Ted" Fujita: Mr. Tornado 56:02
  16. Dr. Alice Stewart: The Anti-Radiation Activist (Part II) 49:23
  17. Dr. Alice Stewart: The Radiation Epidemiologist (Part I) 1:08:31
  18. Interview with Kiara Rodríguez-Acevedo: The Stress Geneticist 56:15
  19. Vivien Thomas: The Heart (Non-) Surgeon 1:02:10
  20. Interview with Andrew Robertson: The Ant Scientist 53:52
  21. Dr. Dmitri Mendeleev: Organizing the Elements 1:05:44
  22. Dr. Ludwig Boltzmann: The Disordered Physicist 1:05:36
  23. Dr. Rudolf Clausius: The Laws of Thermodynamics 51:18
  24. Sadi Carnot: The Father of Thermodynamics 45:59
  25. Dr. Virginia Apgar: Helping Babies Breathe 56:04
  26. Charles Goodyear: The Rubber Man 1:03:09
  27. Dr. Donald Griffin: The Batty Professor 1:07:15
  28. Dr. Alfred Binet: The Intelligent Psychologist 1:04:28
  29. Dr. Mario Molina: Healing the Ozone Layer 1:11:25
  30. Dr. Eugenie Clark: The Shark Lady 1:04:42
  31. Dr. Thomas Brock: The Extreme Microbiologist 1:08:18
  32. Dr. James Lind: The Scurvy Clinician 1:00:09
  33. Alessandro Volta: The First Battery 1:04:29
  34. Pliny the Elder: The First Encyclopedia Author 58:03
  35. Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey: The FDA's Stronghold 1:14:38
  36. Dr. Kamala Sohonie: The Patriotic Biochemist 1:00:58
  37. Dr. Gustaf Dalén: Illuminating Lighthouses 1:01:37
  38. Kristian Birkeland: The Aurora Borealis Adventurer 1:04:13
  39. Dr. William Dement: The Sleep Doctor 59:27
  40. Roxie Laybourne: The Feather Inspector 1:02:36
  41. Dr. Santiago Ramon y Cajal: The Artistic Neuroscientist 1:06:31
  42. Dr. José Manuel Rodríguez Delgado: The Mind Controller 1:01:06
  43. Dr. Elmer S. Imes: The Quantum Spectroscopist 53:09
  44. Jacques Piccard: The Deep Sea Diver 54:20
  45. Dr. Charles Richter: Measuring Earthquakes 59:18
  46. Jack Parsons: The Troubled Rocket Scientist 1:01:21
  47. Wilson Bentley: The Snowflake Man 34:07
  48. Dr. Brigitte Askonas: The Mother of Immunology 50:14
  49. Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley: Founder of the FDA 44:48
  50. Dr. Wilhelm Röntgen: Discovering X-rays 47:58