TV Teaching ScienceConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 885, Segment 1
Feb 23, 2021 • 33m
After Sputnik captured the attention of the world, US educators were eager to capitalize on the national enthusiasm for science to inspire young minds. They made television an ally, a legacy carried on with YouTube and even Instagram and TikTok today.
Guest: Ingrid Ockert, historian of science and media, communications coordinator at Berkeley Lab, and an advisor for the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.