Bourgmeisterin Episode #44: Gabriel Lippmann, part 1

ARA City Radio

We’re continuing with the stories about Luxembourgish Nobel Prize winners: Gabriel Lippmann can proudly claim the title of one of the pioneers bagging the award in 1908 – for figuring out how to reproduce colours in photos using a special effect called interference. But that’s not all. Before his big breakthrough, Lippmann made some fascinating discoveries in physics, including how electricity and tiny capillary tubes work together. This led him to invent the Lippmann electrometer, which was actually used in the very first ECG machine! His story shows that sometimes, life leads us in surprising directions, guiding us from what we think we want to what we were meant to do all along. Find out more at www.bourgmeisterin.com!