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People often depict scientists as coldly rational. Physicist Michael Salamon, who works at NASA’s Universe Division, takes issue with that. He explains why Walt Whitman misunderstood the beauty of the universe, and why Maxwell’s Equations are like a sexual experience. Produced by Lu Olkowski.
People often depict scientists as coldly rational. Physicist Michael Salamon, who works at NASA’s Universe Division, takes issue with that. He explains why Walt Whitman misunderstood the beauty of the universe, and why Maxwell’s Equations are like a sexual experience. Produced by Lu Olkowski.