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  • Ep. 4: Giant Telescopes and Fusion Power

  • By: Bill Bryson
  • Feb 27 2018
  • Length: 21 mins
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Ep. 4: Giant Telescopes and Fusion Power

By: Bill Bryson
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  • A giant telescope built by a wealthy Irish landlord during the potato famine and a model of an object that the British media claimed had re-created the sun. Bill tells the stories behind the mirror from the great Rosse telescope and the model of the Harwell controlled Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly (ZETA), with the help of Alison Boyle who is the Keeper of Science Collections at the Science Museum. Both objects tell about the pursuit of science and the quest for fame and publicity.
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