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The Relativity Series: Circumstances Affecting the Heat of the Sun's Rays (Part 1)

2025/1/23
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奥古斯塔
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尤尼斯·牛顿·富特
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旁白
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旁白：尤尼斯·牛顿·富特是一位在19世纪50年代对温室效应做出开创性贡献的科学家，她的实验表明不同气体，包括二氧化碳，可以吸收并储存热量。尽管她的研究成果发表在重要的科学期刊上，但由于当时科学界由男性主导，她的工作长期以来被忽视，直到最近才被重新认识。她的研究是气候科学史上的一个重要里程碑。 尤尼斯·牛顿·富特：我对专利局的工作很感兴趣，因为在那里你可以将你的想法付诸实践，并留下你的印记。我渴望探索未知，推动事物发展，就像男人一样，我也想留下自己的印记。我希望能通过科学研究，在世界上留下一些有意义的东西，而不是死后默默无闻。 玛丽：要想在科学界崭露头角，必须要有重大发现，或者证明一些以前认为不可能的事情。我不想死后默默无闻，我希望在世界上留下一些有意义的东西。 奥古斯塔：我注意到山顶比湖边凉爽，这让我思考高度是否会影响温度。我们可以通过实验来验证高度和温度之间的关系。

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This chapter introduces Eunice Newton Foote, a 19th-century scientist whose groundbreaking research on the greenhouse effect remained largely unknown until recently. The play dramatizes her life during the time she published her pioneering study.
  • Eunice Newton Foote's experiments showed that gases like carbon dioxide trap heat.
  • Her findings were published in a leading scientific journal, yet remained largely unknown for years.
  • Amanda Quaid's play dramatizes Foote's life and her scientific work.

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You may not know her name, but Eunice Newton Foote made groundbreaking discoveries about the greenhouse effect in the 1850s. Her experiments showed that different gases, including carbon dioxide, absorb and trap heat, an early milestone in the history of climate science. And even though her findings were published in a leading scientific journal – a rarity in the days of a male-dominated field – her work remained virtually unknown until recently. Now, thanks to playwright Amanda Quaid, we have a dramatized portrait of the scientist’s life at the time she published her pioneering study, which lends its name to the title of the play.

This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in November 2024.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring:

Geoffrey Arend as Elisha Foote

Tara Lynne Barr as Augusta Foote

Scott Brick as the Narrator and Joseph Henry

Jake Green as the Glazier

Monica McSwain as Mary Foote

Emily Swallow as Eunice Newton Foote

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for audio by Mark Holden

Recording Engineer and Editor: Neil Wogenson

Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll

Designed by Mark Holden and Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Stacey Martinez

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