How was radiation discovered? In a six-year burst from 1895 to 1900, scientists like Wilhelm Röntgen, Henri Becquerel, Marie Curie, Ernest Rutherford, and Paul Villard transformed humanity's understanding of matter itself. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli trace those discoveries — from X-rays to uranium rays to gamma rays — and explore what radiation is, how dangerous it actually is, and what the Catholic faith has to say about it.

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Further Resources:
• Sam Keane’s book The Disappearing Spoon: https://amzn.to/3TZMduQ
• Jim Mahaffey’s book Atomic Accidents: https://amzn.to/4rTixOV
• William Crookes (Psi-Encyclopedia): https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/william-crookes
• William Crookes (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Crookes
• Crookes Tube: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crookes_tube
• Wilhelm Rontgen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_R%C3%B6ntgen
• Pierre Curie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Curie
• Marie Curie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie
• Ernest Rutherford: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Rutherford
• Paul Villard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ulrich_Villard
• Nobel Prizes on the discovery of radioactivity: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/themes/marie-and-pierre-curie-and-the-discovery-of-polonium-and-radium/
• How Rutherford Discovered Radioactive Decay (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NblpRrNxfs8
• SciShow Kids on baking soda & vinegar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5pPwXCtm60
• Extreme Diet Coke & Mentos Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X1X7HuFHSg
• Explanation of the Mentos & Diet Coke effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usDy8-xFYKk
• Pius XII on the age of the cosmos: https://inters.org/pius-xii-speech-1952-proofs-god

Chapters:

• 0:00 - MYS409
• 1:20 - Intro
• 6:25 - William Crookes
• 14:25 - Wilhelm Roentgen
• 20:50 - Nikola Tesla
• 25:59 - Henri Becquerel
• 34:41 - Pierre and Marie Curie
• 38:55 - Marie's key insight
• 45:05 - Polonium and Radioactivity
• 46:41 - Thank you to Patrons
• 47:15 - Sponsor: The Grady Group
• 47:35 - Radium
• 48:59 - Honors and tragedy
• 58:10 - Ernest Rutherford
• 1:17:35 - Paul Villard
• 1:19:24 - Reason Perspective
• 1:19:37 - Definition and types
• 1:26:16 - Ionizing v. Non-ionizing
• 1:29:19 - Faith Perspective
• 1:31:00 - Bottom Line
• 1:31:37 - Further Resources
• 1:32:41 - Mysterious Feedback: #398 Can Psychopaths Be Saved and More Weird Questions
• 1:35:06 - Your mysterious feedback
• 1:35:41 - Thank you to Oasis Studio 7
• 1:35:47 - Jimmy's YouTube channel
• 1:36:23 - Next Time: The Kentucky Meat Shower
• 1:36:47 - Mysterious World store
• 1:36:55 - Get your Mysterious merch
• 1:37:03 - Show notes
• 1:37:10 - Become a Patron
• 1:37:18 - Sponsor: Rosary Army and School of Mary
• 1:37:44 - Outro

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