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“Read Science!”, Series 6

Posted by jnshaumeyer on 22 May 2016

“Read Science!”, Series 6

  • Series 6, Episode 1 : “Evolving Ourselves” edition
    Streamed live on 14 May 2015
    Guest: Steve Gullens, co-author with Juan Enriquez of the book Evolving Ourselves : How Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom Mutation are Changing Life on Earth.
    video | audio
  • Series 6, Episode 2 : “Tiny Creatures” edition
    Streamed live on 9 June 2015
    Guest: Nicola Davies, author of Tiny Creatures : The World of Microbes, illustrated by Emily Sutton.
    video | audio
  • Series 6, Episode 3 : “Water and Rain” edition
    Streamed live on 25 June 2015
    Guests: Cynthia Barnett, author of Rain : A Natural and Cultural History; and
    Alok Jha, author of The Water Book : The Extraordinary Story of our Most Ordinary Substance.
    video | audio
  • Series 6, Episode 4 : “NeuroTribes” edition
    Streamed live on 17 September 2015
    Guest: Steve Silberman, author of NeuroTribes : The Legacy of Autism and the Furute of Neurodiversity.
    video | audio
  • Series 6, Episode 5 : “Mars” edition
    Streamed live on 14 Oct 2015
    Guests: Bruce Jakosky, MAVEN Mission Principal Investigator and author of Science, Society, and the Search for Life in the Universe; and
    James Green, Director of NASA’s Planetary Sciences Division, and consultant for Ridley Scott’s “The Martian”.
    video | audio
  • Series 6, Episode 6 : “Confidence Game” edition
    Streamed live on 2 March 2016
    Guest: Maria Konnikova, author of The Confidence Game : Why We Fall for it Every Time.
    video | audio