The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
In-depth interviews on history and philosophy of science, focused on primary research, mechanisms, and falsifiable claims; fills a clear gap.
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Latest2026-09-11
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TopicsScience & Medicine
PriorityT3
45:39The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
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The black hole photo wasn't taken, it was computed by four teams that couldn't talk to each other
The 2019 image of M87's black hole: four imaging teams worked in isolation, partly deceiving one another, using Frosty the Snowman as a test image — all to prove they hadn't computed what they wanted to see into the data.
9 Points
7 Quotes
Philosophy of scienceBlack hole imaging
46:27The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
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India's Nuclear Physics History Is Not a Prelude to the Nuclear Test: Postwar State Intervention Is the Real Watershed
India's early nuclear physics was in sync with the West; the real watershed came with postwar state intervention. Hindsight from the 1974 nuclear test only obscures the damage the TIFR model did to universities and the scientific system.
8 Points
6 Quotes
history of scienceIndia