Each episode of Distillations podcast takes a deep-dive into a moment of science-related history in order to shed light on the present.
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Episode 23: Preservation
Entropy is defined as the degree of disorder in a system, and according to the Second Law of Thermodynamics entropy is always increasing. Preservation is a way that humans are trying to beat entropy, and this week we look at why and how we preserve.
SHOW CLOCK
00:00 Opening Credits
00:32 Introduction
01:08 Element of the Week: Argon
03:24 Conversation with Ronn Wade
07:29 Frozen Dead Guy Days
11:28 Quote: Neil Rollinson
11:44 Closing Credits
CREDITS
Special thanks to Eric Mack and Audra Wolfe for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.