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The Fundamentals – Everything You Wanted to Know About…Physics, episode one
Prof Jim Al-Khalili breaks down the building blocks of the Universe and reveals what simplicity, beauty and elegance have to do with physics.
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6 years, 1 month ago
Everything You Wanted To Know About Physics, with Prof Jim Al-Khalili
Let your curiosity run wild. No question is off-limits in this new podcast series from the team behind BBC Science Focus magazine. In Everything You …
6 years, 1 month ago
Sandro Galea: What is the difference between health and medicine?
This week we talk to the Sandro Galea, Dean of the school of public health at Boston University.
His book, called Well: What We Need to Talk About Whe…
6 years, 1 month ago
Toby Ord: What are the odds civilisation will survive the century?
This week we talk to the philosopher Toby Ord about the end of civilisation as we know it.
Ok, it’s not all doom and gloom. As Toby says, he’s an opti…
6 years, 2 months ago
Anthony Warner: Are we really too fat?
In this week's Science Focus Podcast chef and author of the book The Truth About Fat: Why Obesity is Not that Simple (£9.99, Oneworld), Anthony Warne…
6 years, 2 months ago
Camilla Pang: How can science guide my life?
Dr Camilla Pang is a bioinformatician, who was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder when she was eight years old.
Her first book, Explaining Humans…
6 years, 2 months ago
Kevin Fong: What happened to Apollo 13?
This week we catch up with Kevin Fong about the new series of his award-winning podcast 13 Minutes to the Moon.
Whereas the first series celebrated th…
6 years, 2 months ago
Aleks Krotoski: What happens to your data when you die?
What happens to all your digital data once you die? We ask social psychologist, host of BBC Radio 4's Digital Human and BBC Science Focus columnist A…
6 years, 2 months ago
Professor Fay Dowker: What is the problem of quantum gravity?
This week, we’re going on a search for the theory of everything.
The two main theories of physics are at odds with one another. Einstein's general rel…
6 years, 3 months ago
Jim Davies: How do you use your imagination?
Imagine, just for one moment, that you’re flying. What can you see? How high up are you? Can you feel the rush of wind in your face? Keep these thoug…
6 years, 3 months ago