The Life Scientific
Summary: Each week, Jim al-Khalili invites a leading scientist to tell us about their life and work. He'll talk to Nobel laureates as well as the next generation of beautiful minds to find out what inspires and motivates them and what their discoveries might do for us.
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Podcasts:
Jim al-Khalili meets Mr Trilobite, the palaeontologist and naturalist, Richard Fortey
Jim meets a world authority in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Maggie Boden
European Inventor of the Year, Chris Toumazou, reveals how his personal life and early work inspire his inventions.
Jim Al-Khalili talks to x-ray crystallographer, Elspeth Garman about a technique that has led to 28 Nobel Prizes in the last century.
Professor of Explosive Chemistry Jackie Akhavan, talks about the ethical issues of working on explosives used in war.
Brian Cox, physicist and media star, talks fame and quantum mechanics with Jim A-Khalili.
Carol Robinson on her journey from lab technician to Professor of Chemistry
Dr Jeremy Farrar talks about his experiences on the frontline with avian flu in Vietnam, and his priorities as the new director of the Wellcome Trust medical research charity
Jim al-Khalili discusses earthquakes and fracking for gas with geologist Zoe Shipton.
Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith chats to Jim Al-Khalili about quarks, bosons, and running the biggest experiments in history.
Botanist Sandy Knapp speaks about her adventures collecting plants in South America
Astronomer Chris Lintott tells Jim Al Khalili about "Citizen Science" and crowd-sourced astronomy project Galaxy Zoo, and of working with Brian May and the late Sir Patrick Moore.
Janet Hemingway on malaria and the coming of insecticide resistance, with Jim Al-Khalili
Jim Al-Khalili meets child psychiatrist Professor Sir Michael Rutter
The guest is Dame Julia Slingo, the chief scientist at the Met Office. The conversation ranges from her childhood wonder of clouds to climate change's part in this winter's floods.
