Podcasts that mention 📚 Night thoughts of a classical physicist by Russell McCormmach

One of my favorite stories is from the book 'Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist.' Oh yeah, LS...oh no, that's not it, or maybe it's not; I'm misremembering. Either it was fiction or I remember it as a memoir from Ernest Rutherford, who first showed how empty the atom is by passing...was it neutrons or alpha particles?

Neil deGrasse Tyson briefly references the book 'Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist,' while trying to provide a story about an experiment performed by Ernest Rutherford. The book mention is made in the context of discussing the structure of the atom.

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