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Astronomy Cast

335: The Photoelectric Effect

Astronomy Cast

Astronomy Cast

Natural Sciences, Science, Astronomy

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2014

⏱️ 30 minutes

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AstronomyCast 335: The Photoelectric Effect by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay

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This episode of Astronomy Cast is brought to you by Swinburn Astronomy Online, the world's longest running online astronomy degree program.

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Visit astronomy.swin.edu.au for more information.

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Astronomy Cast, episode 335, the photoelectric effect.

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Welcome to Astronomy Cast, our weekly facts based journey through the cosmos.

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We help you understand only what we know, but how we know what we know.

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My name is Fraser King, I'm the publisher of Universe Today, and with me is Dr. Pamela Gay, a professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the Director of CosmoQuest.

0:40.0

Hey Pamela, how are you doing?

0:42.0

I'm doing well. We're having windstorms here that seem to have deeply upset the dogs, so I apologize in advance for the upset interlude in the back.

0:52.0

I can hear some upset dogs.

0:56.0

Hey, now you've muted yourself. That's what's perfect. They must be going really crazy.

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You're just nodding. No one can hear. She's just nodding.

1:06.0

They're still going crazy. Allow me to feel that.

1:08.0

No, no, they stopped.

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They'll be back.

1:12.0

It's winter for those of you who are listening to this in the archive and Fraser and I are having a Monday.

1:20.0

My roof did bad things that led to several inches of water and Fraser's garage.

1:26.0

Yeah, my garage flooded.

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Yeah, but we have good things to announce for the future.

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Yeah, the future will be bright. The future can be much better than it is right now.

1:36.0

And spring will come.

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So on April 26, 27, we're going to repeat our Hangoutathon craziness and do 36 straight hours of science content and fundraising to support Cosmo Quest and all of our media programs and all of our science programs and all of our education programs.

1:58.0

We're promoting this well in advance so you have no excuse for not saving the time to be with us for all 36 hours or at least for a couple of them.

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