How Rutherford Found the Age of the Earth with Alexis Dahl
- Author
- Kathy Joseph
- Published
- Tue 05 Jul 2022
- Episode Link
- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kathy-loves-physics/episodes/How-Rutherford-Found-the-Age-of-the-Earth-with-Alexis-Dahl-e1kr6b4
About This Episode:
Alexis Dahl is a science communicator on a quest to understand and marvel at the world outside her door.
Kathy will delve into the intersection of geology, theology, physics, and radioactivity in this fascinating story of how we learned how to measure the age of the Earth.
Topics discussed in this episode:
- How Rutherford came up with the age of the earth
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