Bubbles
Bridget Kendall explores the mysterious world of bubbles with physicist Helen Czerski, biomedical engineer Constantin Coussios and artist Bradley Hart.
Fragile gas filled spheres, sparkling champagne globules that fill your nose with fizz, pipe dreams that pop when the illusion grows too big: Bridget Kendall explores the mysterious world of bubbles with physicist Helen Czerski, biomedical engineer Constantin Coussios and artist Bradley Hart who makes giant paintings using bubble wrap.
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How tiny ocean bubbles make a big difference to our weather and climate
Bubble physicist Helen Czerski explains why she is fascinated by sea bubbles.
Helen Czerski
Helen Czerski is a physicist and oceanographer at University College London. She explains why ocean bubbles are essential for the planet’s wellbeing and describes the enormous variety of bubble sizes and properties found in our seas.
Constantin Coussios
Constantin Coussios is Professor of Biomedical Engineering atΒ Oxford University. He puts micro-bubbles inside the human body, tracking the tiny nano sized spheres as they make their wayΒ through the blood stream. He wants to control the bubbles so they release the cancer drugs encased in them at exactly the right place and right time.
Bradley Hart
Visual artist Bradley Hart exploits the curious properties
of bubbles which make them such powerful metaphors for our digital, pixelated,
disjointed times. He injects paint into bubble wrap, to create large-scale
works of art.
You can see some of Bradley's bubble wrap art work in the gallery on the right.
Photo c/o Bradley Hart
Broadcast
- Sat 20 Sep 2014 11:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4