Philosophy
"The Atom: A Closer Look"
This film is nearly 30 years old and as many others represents an old method of reaching the public [especially school age children] regarding atomic energy. The Disney touch is obvious...have to capture children's interest somehow. [I am not certain why this film is prefaced with the KCPL (Kansas City Power and Light Company) data other than that they may have been a corporate underwriter in the production of the film or involved in local distribution.]"The Atom: A Closer Look"
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Kids And Space Art
"How Kids See Space" NASA asks children "to explore how today's technology is bringing tomorrow's dreams closer to reality." by Megan Garber May 21st, 2014 The Atlantic In 1977, a year after the U.S. Bicentennial, the oil company ARCO asked...
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Chic Young's Dagwood Bumstead Does Some Science
"When Dagwood Bumstead Split the Atom" by Esther Inglis-Arkell May 19th, 2012 io9 It's not often that Chic Young, the newspaper cartoonist responsible for the exploits of Blondie's hapless husband, and General Leslie Groves, the military man...
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The Bohr Model Of The Atom...spread The Word
Summary: The emergence of quantum theory in the early decades of the twentieth century was accompanied by a wide range of popular science books, all of which presented in words and in images new scientific ideas about the structure of the atom. The work...
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Joyce Myron...what Happened To Her?
Joyce Myron photographed in front of the California atomic-electric power plant being built by Pacific Gas & Electric Company and General Electric. With her are some of the men who operate the plant and the G-E Vallecitos Atomic Laboratory, site...
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"little Things That Jiggle: Richard Feynman And Atomic Physics"
Little Things That Jiggle: Richard Feynman and Atomic Physics is an interesting six minute or so film of a compilation of bits and pieces of public domain film whose central theme revolves around Richard Feynman' physics. It has been posted at various...
Philosophy