The Mystery of Radiation
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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Radiation in past episodes
Jimmy surveys previous episodes where radiation or Cold War themes appeared on the show.
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Jimmy surveys previous episodes where radiation or Cold War themes appeared on the show.
From 1895 to 1900, a burst of discoveries transformed science's understanding of matter itself. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli trace the full arc of radiation's discovery — from Röntgen's X-rays to Becquerel's uranium rays to Marie Curie naming radioactivity — and examine its dangers, benefits, and significance.
