Excellent discussion about the Milgram experiment(s), following the projection of the "Experimenter" movie (about his life).

It was good to hear people having thought of epistemology, ethics and interested in their implication on building up knowledge.

Organized by the #FaçonDeSavoir popular science society (France, plateau de Saclay, Paris area).

#popularScience #science #psychology

NEW BOOK | Beyond Popular Science by David H. Silver

Our first book of the new month bridges the gap between popular science & the textbook.

Read freely online or buy a copy: https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0526

#OpenAccess #OAbooks #PopularScience

In The World Of Isotopes by V. Mezentsev

A little book describing basics of isotopes and their applications in various fields.

Translated from the Russian by George Yankovsky

You can get the book here and here

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1. On the Threshold of a New Era 5
2. “Factories of Radioisotopes” 7
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4. Radioisotopes and Geological Prospecting 20
5. Tracer Atoms in Industry 22
6. Tracer Atoms in Chemistry 25
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8. A Pocket Electric Station 32
9. The Atom in Agriculture 33
10. The Atom in Medicine 45

We have finally achieved the 1950s #PopularScience dream of a flying #NuclearReactor! (If we ignore the fact that the reactor wasn't actually running or doing anything at all while in the air.)

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/21/nx-s1-5721761/us-military-airlifts-small-reactor

Carl Sagan has one again been prophetically correct - I place ourselves well down the road of destruction.

Any ideas how we kick-start the empirical knowledge revolution?

#CarlSagan #Science #PopularScience #Wisdom #Quote #EmpiricalKnowledgeRevolution

⚛️ #Quanta, 💥#Big Bang & ✨#Intangible – #Physics rediscovers the #Universe 🔭

The #Zoomposium with #GerdGanteför deals with precisely these boundary questions: Is physics rediscovering the intangible – without slipping into the esoteric?

📺 https://youtu.be/V4pUEEtFCUo

📎 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2023/04/16/zoomposium-gerd-gantefoer/

#QuantumPhysics #BigBang #Immaterial #LimitsOfPhysics #MetaphysicsOfPhysics #QuantumInformation #Cosmology #NaturalScience #Zoomposium #GerdGanteför #LimitsOfKnowledge #PopularScience #Universe

"Brie, cheddar, and other high-fat cheeses linked to lower dementia risk"

https://www.popsci.com/health/cheese-lower-dementia-risk/

#Health #Food #Nutrition #Dementia #PopularScience