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Initial Conditions

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Initial Conditions

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Initial conditions provide the context in which physics happens. Likewise, in Initial Conditions: A Physics History Podcast, we provide the context in which physical discoveries happened. We dive into the collections of the Niels Bohr Library & Archives at the American Institute of Physics to uncover the unexpected stories behind the physics we know. Through these stories, we hope to challenge the conventional history of what it means to be a physicist.

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Initial Conditions Trailer
JUN 15, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 1: Eunice Foote: A Once Forgotten Climate Science Pioneer
JUL 21, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 2: Enter the Anthropocene: Climate Science in the Early 20th Century
JUL 28, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 3: Energy Crises and Climate Change in the 1970s
AUG 04, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 4: Quantum Counterculture
AUG 11, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 5: Was Einstein Wrong??
AUG 18, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 6: Historical Romance and LGBTQ+ Representation
AUG 25, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 7: The African American Presence in Physics
SEP 01, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 8: An Interview with Dr. Ronald Mickens
SEP 08, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 9: The Unexpected Hero of Light
SEP 15, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 10: The Newton You Didn’t Know
SEP 22, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 11: The Legacy of Ptolemy’s Almagest
SEP 29, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 12: Hawai’i and the Thirty Meter Telescope
OCT 06, 2022
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Initial Conditions Bonus: Live from PhysCon!
DEC 22, 2022
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Initial Conditions Bonus: Initial Conditions Off Mic
DEC 29, 2022

Dive Deeper with Ex Libris Universum

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Initial Conditions Episode 1: Eunice Foote
JUL 21, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 2: Arrhenius, Callendar, and Keeling
JUL 28, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 3: Climate Change Science in the 1970s
AUG 04, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 4: Quantum Counterculture
AUG 11, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 5: Was Einstein Wrong??
AUG 18, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 6: Historical Romance and LGBTQ+ Representation
AUG 25, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 7: The African American Presence in Physics
SEP 01, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 8: An Interview with Dr. Ronald Mickens
SEP 08, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 9: The Unexpected Hero of Light
SEP 15, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 10: The Newton You Didn’t Know
SEP 22, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 11: The Legacy of Ptolemy’s Almagest
SEP 29, 2022
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Initial Conditions Episode 12: Hawai’i and the Thirty Meter Telescope
OCT 06, 2022

About the Initial Conditions Team

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Maura Shapiro
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Justin Shapiro
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Allison Rein
Associate Director, Niels Bohr Library & Archives
AIP Research