Playlist for Show: The Science Hour

This is part 2 of a 2 part series in which we look at the scientific legacy of the 1950s. In this episode we’ll talk a bit about advances in women’s health, how that impacted the women’s rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. We’ll talk a bit about the advent of solar panels, the effect of tobacco on society, then, of course touch upon the Nuclear arms race.

 

 

Some resources used in this episode:

http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/retrieve/Narrative/KR/p-nid/183

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130519-women-scientists-overlooked-dna-history-science/

http://www.essentialchemicalindustry.org/polymers/polyesters.html

http://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/fiber-world/2008/11/man-made-fibers-new-attitude/

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/07/where-does-discarded-clothing-go/374613/

 

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