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Invisible forces: Weathering the (academic space) storm
Manage episode 377236851 series 1936277
As a young child in India, Nithin Silvadas picked up Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, and it may have changed his life. From that moment on, he was enraptured with they universe. An undergraduate in engineering (where he literally helped build satellites) and PhD focused on radiation belts around planets (including Earth) later, he’s now a Research Scientist with NASA Goddard studying space weather.
Wait, what’s space weather?
We talked with Nithin about plasma fields, how social class affects science, and who science really should serve.
This episode was produced by Shane M Hanlon, and mixed by Collin Warren. Artwork
by Karen Romano Young. Interviews conducted by Jason Rodriguez
218 episodes
Manage episode 377236851 series 1936277
As a young child in India, Nithin Silvadas picked up Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, and it may have changed his life. From that moment on, he was enraptured with they universe. An undergraduate in engineering (where he literally helped build satellites) and PhD focused on radiation belts around planets (including Earth) later, he’s now a Research Scientist with NASA Goddard studying space weather.
Wait, what’s space weather?
We talked with Nithin about plasma fields, how social class affects science, and who science really should serve.
This episode was produced by Shane M Hanlon, and mixed by Collin Warren. Artwork
by Karen Romano Young. Interviews conducted by Jason Rodriguez
218 episodes
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