Playing with Science History Jean-Francois Gauvin

Published: Oct. 30, 2018, 3:16 p.m.

b'Almost lost to history, these toys quite literally put quantum mechanics at one\\u2019s fingertips.\\xa0In episode 35, Jean-Fran\\xe7ois Gauvin from Universit\\xe9 Laval in Canada, discusses how he came to understand the purpose and value of unique toy blocks that ended up on his desk at Harvard University in 2014 as the director of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments (CHSI).'