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THE MATERIAL WORLD
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Quentin Cooper reports on developments across the sciences. Each week scientists describe their work, conveying the excitement they feel for their research projects.
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"For me science isn't a subject, it's a perspective. There are fascinating scientific aspects to everything from ancient history to the latest gadgets, outer space to interior decorating; and each week on The Material World we try to reflect the excitement, ideas, uncertainties, collisions and collaborations as science continues its never-ending voyage into the unknown".
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| The Treasure Flower, a native of South Africa, was named Gorteria rigensÌý by Linnaeus, but is now known by the name Gazania rigens. The Linnaean Society of London looks after Linnaeus's herbarium, or collection of dried plants. |
Carl Linnaeus
2007 is the 300th anniversary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus; Swedish naturalist and Father of modern plant and animal classification and modern biology.
His system of using two Latin words, like bellis perennis (lawn daisy), or homo sapiens (meaning man wise) to name describe and order plants, animals and people is still used by biologists, botanists and taxonomists today.
Quentin Cooper is joined by Dr Sandy Knapp, botanist at the Natural History Museum, and by Dr Andrew Polaszek, Executive Secretary of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature and the founder of Zoobank to discuss the Linnaean legacy.
Space Exploration and the Environment
Space exploration will be the answer to our environmental problems on planet Earth.
That’s the view of astrobiologist, Charles Cockell from the Open University. He joins Quentin to discuss why the frontiers of space will offer us limitless solar energy, an enormous wealth of minerals and metals and the answer to our environmental problems closer to home.
With Benny Peiser, social anthropologist from Liverpool John Moores University they discuss why they believe the technologies needed to explore and one day live in space will help us survive on Earth.
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