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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2593: John Lennard Jones

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Posted on May 5, 2023 · Episode: 2593 John Edward Lennard Jones, and how molecules act upon one another. Today, who was Lennard Jones?

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2662: Lucretius

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