Episode 55 Telescopes And Stars

The Past and The Curious: A History Podcast for Kids and Families

The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids

Kids & Family

4.5 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Edwin Hubble changed our view of the Solar System, but he was also a collegiate National Champion basketball player and high school coach. He also dealt with the struggles of freezing his face to a telescope. Anything for Science! George Ellery Hale had the idea for the largest telescope in history, and the American Public made it a reality during the Great Depression. It was actually made from something you might use in the kitchen.

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0:48.6	Hello everybody, and welcome to The Past and the Curious.
0:52.0	This is Episode 55, and my name is Mick Sullivan, and I'm so glad that you have joined us today.
0:57.8	Whatever day you're listening to this episode.
1:00.8	I have to thank my good friend, my old old friend Joe Birchett, for his help with this
1:05.2	episode.
1:06.2	There's a lot of science in this episode, and I am not a scientist, and I would never
1:10.9	pretend to be, so I had to get his help to understand it and to make sure that I got
1:16.8	it right.
1:17.8	Joe is actually an assistant professor in the astronomy department at New Mexico State University.
1:25.5	So thanks to Dr. Joe Birchett, and thanks to you for tuning in, I hope you like space
1:29.4	tales or tales of people who look into space, and how they do so, we're going to hear
1:34.4	about Edwin Hubble, some of his pre-e astronomy career, and also about a remarkable new telescope,
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