The phrase NUCLEAR RADIATION conjures up pretty fearful images these days - reactor meltdowns at Chernobyl and Fukushima, the dead of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the three-eyed fish of The Simpsons.

But for a brief window in the 1950s a movement of people sought to harness the power of the atom not for weapons or energy - but for ever better... garden crops! 

We explore the Atomic Gardening Society!

The Wholesome Show is Dr Rod Lamberts (@rodl) and Dr Will Grant (@willozap), proudly supported by the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science (@ANU_CPAS)

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References:

http://pruned.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/atomic-gardens.html

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/0734151032000123936?needAccess=true
“Safeguarding the atom: the nuclear enthusiasm of Muriel Howorth”[1]

The British J for the History of science Volume 45, Issue 4 (Special Issue: British Nuclear Culture), December 2012 , pp. 551-571 

http://www.atomicgardening.com/1950/02/18/isotopia-an-exposition-on-atomic-structure-by-muriel-howorth/

http://www.atomicgardening.com/1959/02/19/atomic-peanuts/

http://www.atomicgardening.com/1960/02/21/the-atomic-gardening-society/

http://www.atomicgardening.com/1966/03/01/whatever-happened-to-the-atomic-garden/

http://www.amusingplanet.com/2013/03/atomic-gardening-breeding-plants-with.html

The phrase NUCLEAR RADIATION conjures up pretty fearful images these days - reactor meltdowns at Chernobyl and Fukushima, the dead of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the three-eyed fish of The Simpsons. But for a brief window in the 1950s a movement of people sought to harness the power of the atom not for weapons or energy - but for ever better... garden crops! We explore the Atomic Gardening Society! The Wholesome Show is Dr Rod Lamberts (@rodl) and Dr Will Grant (@willozap), proudly supported by the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science (@ANU_CPAS) --------------------- References: http://pruned.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/atomic-gardens.html https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/0734151032000123936?needAccess=true “Safeguarding the atom: the nuclear enthusiasm of Muriel Howorth”[1] The British J for the History of science Volume 45, Issue 4 (Special Issue: British Nuclear Culture), December 2012 , pp. 551-571 http://www.atomicgardening.com/1950/02/18/isotopia-an-exposition-on-atomic-structure-by-muriel-howorth/ http://www.atomicgardening.com/1959/02/19/atomic-peanuts/ http://www.atomicgardening.com/1960/02/21/the-atomic-gardening-society/ http://www.atomicgardening.com/1966/03/01/whatever-happened-to-the-atomic-garden/ http://www.amusingplanet.com/2013/03/atomic-gardening-breeding-plants-with.html

From tales of historical idiocracy and scientific genius to weird and wacky cultural phenomena, Dr Rod Lamberts and Dr Will Grant are here to take you on a wild conversational journey, deep diving into the crevices of science, history and culture that you never knew existed. 

From tales of historical idiocracy and scientific genius to weird and wacky cultural phenomena, Dr Rod Lamberts and Dr Will Grant are here to take you on a wild conversational journey, deep diving into the crevices of science, history and culture that you never knew existed.

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