Episode 15 - Planetary Science With Divya Persaud

Superwomen in Science

English - November 29, 2018 04:12 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: Episode 14 - Science Entrepreneurs With Emily Koehne

Next Episode: Bonus Episode -- LIVE Interview With Emily Morris

In this episode we learn all about space science! We start the episode off by chatting about some recent Nobel Prize winners (and how science involves more than just a few superstars). Next up, we learn about Mae Jemison: astronaut, educator and doctor. We interview Divya M. Persaud, a planetary scientist, writer, composer and all around wonderful person! Finally, we wrap the episode up by chatting with Abigail Harrison, founder of the non-profit The Mars Generation.

Nobel Prizes
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-canadian-scientist-donna-strickland-shares-nobel-physics-prize/

www.qz.com/1410909/wikipedia-had-rejected-nobel-prize-winner-donna-strickland-because-she-wasnt-famous-enough/

www.nytimes.com/2018/10/03/science/frances-arnold-nobel-prize-chemistry.html

www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/10/the-absurdity-of-the-nobel-prizes-in-science/541863/

www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-uk-physicist-donates-3-million-prize-to-boost-diversity/

www.brainpickings.org/2017/04/11/jocelyn-bell-burnell-dark-matter-poetry-stanley-kunitz/

Divya M. Persaud
Twitter: @Divya_M_P
Facebook: Divya M. Persaud
Website: www.divyampersaud.wordpress.com

Abigail Harrison
Twitter: @AstronautAbby
Website: www.astronautabby.com

The Mars Generation
Twitter: @TheMarsGen
Website: www.themarsgeneration.org