Twilight Science: Forrest Mims Unlocks the Secrets of the Atmosphere

Intelligent Design the Future

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🗓️ 11 September 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Many of us have enjoyed a colorful twilight or a stunning sunset. But how often do we think about the science behind these memorable conditions? Forrest Mims has been measuring the Earth's atmosphere for more than 30 years. On this episode of ID The Future, Mims shares with us some of the secrets he's learned from his long-term research. Mims has forged a distinguished scientific career despite having no academic training in science. He is an instrument designer, science writer, and independent science consultant. Mims has published over 60 books, including his latest: Maverick Scientist: My Adventures as an Amateur Scientist. Source

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0:00.0	I d the future a podcast about evolution and intelligent design welcome to ID the Future. I am your host Andrew McDermott. Well today I'm happy to
0:17.8	welcome back to the show Forrest Mims to discuss his work in twilight photometry and about the hidden information
0:24.8	waiting to be discovered in every sunset and sunrise. Now if you're not familiar
0:30.1	with forests yet let me tell you you're in for a treat Named by Discover magazine as one of the 50 best
0:35.5	brains in science, Mims has forged a distinguished scientific career
0:39.7	despite having no academic training in science.
0:43.2	Mims is an instrument designer, science writer,
0:46.0	and independent science consultant.
0:48.4	He has published over 60 books with publishers that include McGraw Hill,
0:52.0	Prentiss Hall, Radial Shack and others.
0:55.5	His Radial Shack books alone have sold over 7.5 million copies and counting.
1:00.6	His latest book, The Memoir Maverick Scientist, was the subject of our last conversations together.
1:06.0	Mims' scientific publications have appeared in nature, science, photochemistry and photobiology, the Journal of Molecular Evolution, the Journal of Geophysical
1:16.2	research, Applied Optics, the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, and other
1:21.5	peer-reviewed research journals.
1:24.0	His columns have been published in Scientific American, Popular Electronics, Modern Electronics, The Citizen Scientist, and elsewhere.
1:32.0	Mims has also consulted for NASA and Noah and is recipient of the Rolex Award for Enterprise.
1:39.9	Forrest welcome back to ID the Future.
1:41.9	Glad to see you.
1:44.1	So in your recently published memoir, Maverick Scientist,
1:47.7	which here's my copy and listeners and viewers and viewers
1:49.8	I'll tell you how to get your copy soon.
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