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History of Science & Technology Q&A (March 20, 2024)
Manage episode 432054737 series 1692780
Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa
Questions include: Has any species evolved in a measurable way since humans have been observing and tracking evolution? - Why are there more bacteria than blood cells in a human body? - Would you say humans have aided in the evolution of domestic animals? - Has all of Grothendieck's work been understood yet? - What was the earliest use of radioactivity for light or heat? - What current technological advancement would be most beneficial to ancient societies? - Getting to significant and industrial scales was really hard for penicillin. - What kind of technology present today do you see becoming nothing more than history? What are some examples of previous technology being discarded?
432 episodes
Manage episode 432054737 series 1692780
Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa
Questions include: Has any species evolved in a measurable way since humans have been observing and tracking evolution? - Why are there more bacteria than blood cells in a human body? - Would you say humans have aided in the evolution of domestic animals? - Has all of Grothendieck's work been understood yet? - What was the earliest use of radioactivity for light or heat? - What current technological advancement would be most beneficial to ancient societies? - Getting to significant and industrial scales was really hard for penicillin. - What kind of technology present today do you see becoming nothing more than history? What are some examples of previous technology being discarded?
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