Salome Waelsch's guest appearances

Salome Waelsch

Science Talk

Bill Gates

Benjamin Franklin

Jared Diamond

Alan Alda

Jimmy Carter

Mo Rocca

Steve Irwin

Maryn McKenna

Mary Roach

Sean Carroll

Brian Greene

Atul Gawande

Charles Darwin

Bill Nye

John Horgan

OwlTail

John Wheeler

Physicist John Wheeler and geneticist Salome Waelsch both had incredibly long and fruitful careers, providing numerous fundamental insights in their respective fields. We'll hear from Kenneth Ford, former director of the American Institute of Physics, about Wheeler, who died April 13th at 96. And Princeton's Lee Silver talks about Waelsch, who died last fall at 100 and who was memorialized on April 14th at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Plus we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Websites mentioned on this episode include www.ianford.com/kenford; www.leemsilver.net

Physicist John Wheeler and geneticist Salome Waelsch both had incredibly long and fruitful careers, providing numerous fundamental insights in their respective fields. We'll hear from Kenneth Ford, former director of the American Institute of Physics, about Wheeler, who died April 13th at 96. And Princeton's Lee Silver talks about Waelsch, who died last fall at 100 and who was memorialized on April 14th at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Plus we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Websites mentioned on this episode include <a href="http://www.ianford.com/kenford;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.ianford.com/kenford;</a> <a href="http://www.leemsilver.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.leemsilver.net</a>

On The Shoulders of Giants: John Wheeler and Salome Waelsch