Royal Society Science Book Prize. Adrian Owen. Science in India.
Matthew Sweet explores science writing as the Royal Society Science Book Prize is awarded for the 30th year and explores Adrian Owen's major discovery in the field of neuroscience.
Cordelia Fine debates the effects of testosterone. Adrian Owen explores the βgrey zoneβ of consciousness. Curator Matt Kimberley and Jahnavi Phalkey discuss scientific discoveries made in India and how they should be displayed at the London Science Museum. Plus Chair of the Judges for the Royal Society Science Book Prize Richard Fortey joins in the round table with presenter Matthew Sweet exploring whether itβs good to personalise science stories.
Cordelia Fine is the winner of this year's Royal Society Science Book Prize for her book Testosterone Rex. It's the 30th year of the prize whose previous winners include Stephen Hawking and Andrea Wulf.
Adrian Owen, a neuroscientist, is the author of 'Into the Grey Zone' exploring the realm of consciousness he and his team discovered in 2006 and which may change our sense of self.
Illuminating India, opens at the Science Museum in London on October 4th and runs until 31st March 2018.
Jahnavi Phalkey is the author of Atomic State: Big Science in 20th Century India
Producer: Fiona McLean.
Image: Bhugola or Earth-Ball by Ksema Karna, India, 1571 Β© Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford
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Podcast: Testosterone. The grey zone. Indian science.
Jahnavi Phalkey, Matt Kimberley, Richard Fortey, Adrian Owen & Cordelia Fine.
Credits
Role | Contributor |
---|---|
Presenter | Matthew Sweet |
Producer | Fiona McLean |
Interviewed Guest | Richard Fortey |
Interviewed Guest | Cordelia Fine |
Interviewed Guest | Adrian Owen |
Interviewed Guest | Matt Kimberley |
Interviewed Guest | Jahnavi Phalkey |
Broadcast
- Wed 20 Sep 2017 22:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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