Maura Shapiro, Podcast and Outreach Coordinator

Keck Telescope

Initial Conditions Episode 12: Hawai'i and the Thirty Meter Telescope

Aristotle, Ptolemy, and Copernicus

Initial Conditions Episode 11: The Legacy of Ptolemy's Almagest

Allegheny Observatory

Initial Conditions Episode 9: The Unexpected Hero of Light

Mechanism of the Heavens and The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics

Initial Conditions Episode 6: Historical Romance and LGBTQ+ Representation

Niels Bohr (left) and Werner Heisenberg (right) outside in the snow, circa 1932.

Initial Conditions Episode 4: Quantum Counterculture

Eunice Foote Illustration

Initial Conditions Episode 1: Eunice Foote

The debut album of the Ultraviolet Catastrophe if it was a band name and not a dramatic term for the failure of pre-quantum physics to describe radiation emission and absorption. Greatest hits from the album include: "Why is it Getting Hot in Here?" and "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Mathematical Explanation)."

From Foote-Note to Climate Science Founder

Which Physicist are you?

Which Physicist Are You?

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