How WWII Politics Killed the Aether - Dr. Kathy Joseph, Kathy Loves Physics - DSPod 193

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Kathy Joseph is a historian of physics and the force behind
 @KathyLovesPhysics  , an exploration of the cultural,
historical, and social forces that shape physics behind the
scenes. We talk to her about unconventional paths to science, the
value of understanding history, the surprising ways in which
science is shaped by cultural fashions, how materialism came and
went, the birth of the aether, and the campaign to discredit
relativity as a “Jewish science” Check out her Youtube channel
@kathylovesphysics Her website at www.kathylovesphysics.com Her
book about the dawn of the electrical age (affiliate link):
https://amzn.to/46Fp3hv 00:00:00 Go! 00:00:21 Kathy's book &
books we love 00:08:50 Dunning Kruger is misunderstood 00:17:39 A
community of ideas 00:27:23 Tesla as physics monk & mascot
00:36:18 Math isn't science 00:45:38 The material atomics project
00:58:40 Back to Dunning Kruger 01:15:45 Giving knowledge, hiding
discoveries 01:22:23 Cleaning up Maxwell's equations 01:25:07
Death of the Aether 01:33:59 Invention of fields 01:39:09
Scientific culture that approved of disregarding mediators
01:56:50 Maxwell demands an aether 02:07:01 Aether & nazi
politics 02:12:26 Sometimes simplicity rules, regardless 02:27:57
Mechanism as stories 02:33:12 Something you'll really like
02:40:29 Interest in the known vs. unknown 02:50:59 Closing
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