Podcast: People I (Mostly) Admire (LS 62 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)
Episode: 121. Exploring Physics, from Eggshells to Oceans
Pub date: 2023-12-23

Physicist Helen Czerski loves to explain how the world works. She talks with Steve about studying bubbles, setting off explosives, and how ocean waves have changed the course of history.

  • SOURCE:
    • Helen Czerski, physicist and oceanographer at University College London.
  • RESOURCES:
    • The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works, by Helen Czerski (2023).
    • "Ocean Bubbles Under High Wind Conditions – Part 1: Bubble Distribution and Development," by Helen Czerski, Ian M. Brooks, Steve Gunn, Robin Pascal, Adrian Matei, and Byron Blomquist (Ocean Science, 2022).
    • "When It Comes to Sucking Up Carbon Emissions, ‘The Ocean Has Been Forgiving.’ That Might Not Last," by Bella Isaacs-Thomas (PBS NewsHour, 2022).
    • "Ocean's Hidden Heat Measured With Earthquake Sounds," by Paul Voosen (Science, 2020).
    • "Why Is the Ocean so Important for Climate Change?" by Kathryn Tso (MIT Climate Portal, 2020).
    • "Issues Brief: Ocean Deoxygenation," by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (2019).
    • "Behold the Bubbly Ocean," by Helen Czerski (Physics World, 2017).
    • Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life, by Helen Czerski (2016).
    • "Research Highlight: Scripps and the Science Behind the D-Day Landings," by James Vazquez and Mario C. Aguilera (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 2014).
    • "A Mechanism Stimulating Sound Production From Air Bubbles Released From a Nozzle," by Grant B. Deane and Helen Czerski (Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2008).
    • "β-δ Phase Transition During Dropweight Impact on Cyclotetramethylene-Tetranitroamine," by Helen Czerski, M. W. Greenaway, William G. Proud, and John E. Field (Journal of Applied Physics, 2004).
  • EXTRAS:
    • "Reading Dostoevsky Behind Bars," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023).
    • "Can Data Keep People Out of Prison?" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023).
    • "Joshua Jay: 'Humans Are So, So Easy to Fool,'" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).

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