Whimsical Wavelengths

Written by: Jeffrey Mark Zurek
  • Summary

  • A whimsical journey through science topics hosted by Dr Jeffrey Zurek, who is a volcanologist and geophysicist. A passion for science communication, teaching, hearing his own voice and terrible science dad jokes is what birthed Whimsical wavelengths! Covering topics across scientific disciplines, sometimes bringing in guests and sometimes spinning a meandering tale of scientific discovery. Join us while we discover and discuss science topics and a little bit of science history; including figuring out why some organic compounds have attitude problems such as A-mean-oh Acids… It’s hard being a science podcast and only being amusing periodically. New episodes every two weeks!

    Jeffrey zurek 2024
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Episodes
  • Jurassic Park 30 years of Paleontology & T-Rex (Theropods) - With Dr François Therrien
    Jan 20 2025

    Great discussion! Soooooooo good I split it into two parts! In Part 1 we start retro!

    It's hard for me to think of 1993 as retro. But yes that is where we are going, Jurassic Park. Honestly, what a movie! It was how you say DINO -might!. Dinosaurs brought to life on the big screen in ways that had not been done previously. Not only was the movie good (the book too btw), I think it was pretty accurate to what we understood at the time. We will find out in a moment but I suspect it was like Dante’s peak which definitely had some problems but the most accurate volcano disaster movie made for hollywood?

    So Today we are going to explore what we knew when Jurassic Park was created and how it has changed since! We will also talk a lot more about an evolutionary cousin to the famed T-rex the And again I have brought in a guest to get it done! Great discussion! soo good I split it into two parts!

    Dr François Therrien - The Curator of Dinosaur Palaeoecology at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller Alberta https://tyrrellmuseum.com/

    Dr François Therrien's Professional Highlights (lifted from the museum's website)

    • Discovered the first feathered dinosaurs from North America.
    • Researched Cryodrakon boreas, a new species of pterosaur that was among the largest and oldest in North America.
    • Published on a theropod site from Mongolia that reveals that colonial nesting behaviour first evolved in the dinosaurian ancestors of birds.
    • Researched Thanatotheristes degrootorum

    Links for Whimsical Wavelengths:

    Bluesky: @whimsicallambda.bsky.social

    www.facebook.com/WhimsicalWavelengths

    instagram: @whimsical.wavelengths

    Email: whimsical.wavelengths@gmail.com

    Patreon: patreon.com/WhimsicalWavelengths

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    43 mins
  • Nikola Tesla Pt2 - The Conspiracy Files? The other stuff?
    Jan 6 2025

    Last time in part 1 we covered Nikola Tesla's backstory and some of his accomplishments. In part 2 we cover things that are conspiratorial or not feasible like a death ray, limitless free power and electric universe......... ie crazy stuff

    Ya his legacy is complicated. ... need more proof take a listen.

    Epic Rap Battles of History Nikola Tesla vs Thomas Edison: https://youtu.be/gJ1Mz7kGVf0?si=HczKueWG7xXFwmry

    In case you missed it from last ep. I really need to get better at making videos as this goes on.

    Demo for a Tesla Coil by me! :https://youtu.be/DQK1zZ87Gko?si=yw4C0AABspUCNTYs

    Links for Whimsical Wavelengths:

    Bluesky: @whimsicallambda.bsky.social

    www.facebook.com/WhimsicalWavelengths

    instagram: @whimsical.wavelengths

    Email: whimsical.wavelengths@gmail.com

    Patreon: patreon.com/WhimsicalWavelengths

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    27 mins
  • Nikola Tesla- The man, the myth, the legend Pt1 - Back story and accomplishments
    Dec 23 2024

    Nikola Tesla has been credited with large leaps forward like AC current and wireless transmission. Including things that are conspiratorial or not feasible like a death ray and limitless free power. Ya his legacy is complicated. So fire up the device and lets get going with this episode!

    Here is a demo for a Tesla Coil by me! :https://youtu.be/DQK1zZ87Gko?si=yw4C0AABspUCNTYs

    Some of the stuff I read to gather information. There was more but I forgot to write it down while doing my normal life.

    Books

    My inventions by Nikola Tesla

    Wizard, the Life and Times of Nikola Tesla is a biography of Nikola Tesla by Marc J. Seifer published in 1996.

    Websites and Newspapers

    https://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/ll_early.html

    https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a44197280/did-the-us-government-steal-nikola-teslas-research/

    https://www.nytimes.com/1915/10/03/archives/nikola-tesla-sees-a-wireless-vision-thinks-his-world-system-will.html https://www.nytimes.com/1934/07/11/archives/tesla-at-78-bares-new-deathbeam-invention-powerful-enough-to.html

    Links for Whimsical Wavelengths:

    Bluesky: @whimsicallambda.bsky.social

    www.facebook.com/WhimsicalWavelengths

    instagram: @whimsical.wavelengths

    Email: whimsical.wavelengths@gmail.com

    Patreon: patreon.com/WhimsicalWavelengths

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    27 mins

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