Big Lick of Science

What's in a name?: from linguistics to botany


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Today on Big Lick of Science, we do something a little different and discuss the history of one of the most famous Black scientists, George Washington Carver, who created 105 recipes for the use of peanuts and was an advocate for environmentalism.

Additionally, Paras gets to enjoy one of his passions, linguistics, by highlighting the research into African American Vernacular English (AAVE) by Dr. Lisa Green at UMass Amherst.

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Big Lick of ScienceBy Rachana Somaiya, Paras Patel, Rachel Padget, Caroline Taylor, Earl Gilbert

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