Islands of Ice and Straw

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Making Science with Tom Whipple

The Times

12 episodes

6 days ago

What connects 200 hand-holding monks, a lump of gold hidden in a beaker, and irradiated cocktails? Welcome to Making Science with Tom Whipple, Science Editor at The Times and Sunday Times. This is the podcast where history, innovation, and the unexpected collide, as we uncover jaw-dropping stories behind the scientific discoveries we take for granted.

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Natural Sciences

History,

Science

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Islands of Ice and Straw

Making Science with Tom Whipple

9 minutes 4 seconds

5 months ago

Islands of Ice and Straw

In this episode of Making Science, Tom Whipple delves into the intriguing science of latent heat and the thermodynamic properties of water - and how this science played a pivotal role in one of the strangest Allied schemes during World War II - a plan to create an 'iceberg aircraft carrier' known as Project Habakkuk.

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