Joan Hinton
Type: Person
As of November 2026, Joan Hinton has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Unknown Channel (Jun 2025).
Joan Hinton was a nuclear physicist and one of the few female scientists who worked for the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos. Dismayed at the use of the atomic bomb against the Japanese, she went to live and work in China, staying on after the establishment of the People's Republic of China after 1949. She and her husband Erwin (Sid) Engst participated in China's efforts at developing a socialist economy, working extensively in agriculture, and supported the policies of Mao Zedong. She lived on a
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Jun 2025 on Unknown Channel |
| Role | Nuclear Physicist |
| Field | Nuclear Physics |
| Active | 1921-2010 |
Who talks about Joan Hinton on podcasts?
Steven Bartlett brought up Joan Hinton; the most recent mention was Jun 2025 on Unknown Channel.
- YouTube Video giT0ytynSqg on Unknown Channel (Jun 2025) — Steven Bartlett
What is Joan Hinton mentioned alongside?
Joan Hinton is most often mentioned alongside European Union, Google LLC and MIT.
Mentioned together: European Union, Google LLC, MIT, OpenAI, Manhattan Project, Geoffrey Hinton, ChatGPT, Sam Altman, John von Neumann, Ilia Sutskever