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An examination of scientific inquiry through a discussion of the history and philosophy of the scientific endeavor and the people who have participated in it.
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In this unscripted episode, we take a look at the announced results from the Muon g-2 experiment recently performed at the Fermi National Ac...
A look at pseudosciences and their characteristics through the lenses of critical thinking and inquiry.
In this episode, we begin our exploration of the Chinese cartographic tradition.
In this special solstice episode fo the podcast, we embark on a winter journey through the writings of John Muir and David Henry Thoreau amo...
In this episode, we conclude our examination of cartography in the Roman Empire by looking at the development of itineraries and travel maps...
For many of the crew of the Scientific Odyssey, the next couple of weeks promises to be stressful with the coming US Presidential elections,...
In this anniversary celebration of our journey, we turn the canvas over to other voices to explore the intersection between inquiry in the s...
In this episode, we look at applying the tools of good critical thinking and skepticism to analyzing conspiracy theories.
In this episode of our series on "Science as Inquiry" we look at those things that keep people from engaging in good critical thinking pract...
"The fox knows many little things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."-Archilochus We trace this quote from the Archaic Greek poet throug...
In this episode we broaden our focus to consider critical thinking in a more comprehensive way by looking at what it is, why its such a valu...
One of the pillars of the Roman Republic and Empire was its ability to survey, divide, assign and tax land. In this episode of the podcast,...
Wherein your Navigator discusses the CoVID-19 virus, the global pandemic, how public health and public policy response is formulated, and ho...
In this episode, we trace the development of roads from their pre-historic roots (or routes) to the development of the massive arterial netw...
Some recent media accounts have speculated that the red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion is about to explode in a cataclysmic s...
In this episode, we trace the development of Hellenistic geography from the work of Polybius, through Strabo, to its conclusion with Claudiu...
In this episode we examine the development of a more empirically based geography in the Hellenistic period from the voyage of Pytheas to the...
Beginning with Homer's Iliad, we look at the development of Greek geographical models of the Earth through the Classical Period.
For 220 years, the Cassini family was among the most powerful and influential scientific dynasties of Europe. In we look at their work and l...
In this episode we look at cartography in the ancient cultures around the Mediterranean Basin with an eye to understanding the role and purp...
We explore the connection between maps and other cultural ideas and technologies such as language, writing and time to see how the physical...
In this episode, we discuss the development and use of basic navigational tools and how they lead to map knowledge in ancient cultures.
Wherein we look at mapping as a human activity and begin our exploration of the evidence of the earliest maps known.
In this episode we interview Dr. Todd Timberlake about the book he co-authored with Dr. Paul Wallace: Finding Our Place in the Solar System,...
Wherein we prepare to once again slip our lines in search of new knowledge. We discuss the effects of modern technologies and what is gained...
In the years between 1840 and 1866, a debate took place between William Whewell and the philosopher and politician John Stuart Mill over the...
Our 2018 Christmas episode: In 1851, Dr. William Whewell gave the inaugural lecture of a series reflecting on the Great Exhibition of 1851 i...
An examination of the scientific contributions of William Whewell through the early and middle parts of his career.
A look at the early life of the scholar and natural philosopher William Whewell.
Wherein the Navigator discusses the state of the podcast going forward.
In this episode we consider additional solutions to the Problem of Induction include those which rest on determining the certainty of induct...
In this episode we consider several possible solutions to Hume's Problem of Induction including William Whewell's description of scientific...
In our new Science and Certainty mini-series, we take a look at what is known as the Problem of Induction in the junction between epistemolo...
Wherein we reach the end of our journey.
In our final episode of the biographical series on Albert Einstein, we look at the last twenty years of his life in the United States. We co...
In this episode of the Scientific Odyssey, we delve more deeply into Einstein's religious views and recap the months up to his emigration to...
In 1930, Albert Einstein wrote, "I believe that the most important mission of the state is to protect the individual and to make it possible...
In the words of physicist John Wheeler, "In all the history of human thought, there is no greater dialogue than that which took place over t...
In this episode we look at Einstein's rise to international fame and what it cost him.
When Einstein moved to Berlin in 1914, he entered into a period of intense turmoil, both in his scientific work and in his personal life. In...
This week we look at the period of Albert Einstein's life from 1905-1913 as he moved from one position to another on his rise among the Euro...
In the second half of 1905, Albert Einstein published tow papers that refined humanity's understanding of space and time as well as the rela...
In 1905, Albert Einstein published five papers that changed the course of physics and the modern world. In this episode, we look at the firs...
In this second part of our examination of Einstein's life before the Miracle Year of 1905, we examine the period between his graduation from...
In 1896, Albert Einstein enrolled in the teacher preparation program for physics and mathematics at the Zurich Polytechnic. We look at the e...
In this first episode of our biographical series on Albert Einstein, we look at his childhood growing up in Munich and the various influence...
In this episode, we look at the dispute between British astrophysicist Arthur Eddington and Indian prodigy Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar over w...
For A. S. Eddington, the most important thing a think ing person could do, whether they be a scientist or a person of faith, was to follow a...
In this episode we consider the question of whether a person can be both religious and a scientist by looking at the early life of the Briti...
In our final narrative episode of this series, we encounter the last piece of the cosmological puzzle-dark energy. We look at the way in whi...
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