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b'The recipe for being a scientist was easy in the old days\\u2026 just be born into a rich family, have an interest in nature and plenty of time to indulge yourself. But are the days of gentlemen scientists over? Maybe not.\\nWe go to the Maker Faire and check out how small-scale projects have big-scale ambitions.\\nAlso, how everyday experience often tells us something profound about the universe.\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nSpencer Weart \\u2013 Former director of the Center for the History of Physics, at the American Institute of Physics\\n\\n\\nTim Russ \\u2013 Actor, and the character Tuvok on Star Trek Voyager\\n\\n\\nMarcus Chown \\u2013 Science writer and author of The Matchbox That Ate a Forty-Ton Truck: What Everyday Things Tell Us About the Universe\\n\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'