Wednesday, April 3, 2013

March 2013 - Spring Smörgåsbord

March 2013 - Spring Smörgåsbord
In this episode, we will find out why our fingers wrinkle in the bath, the science of British Sign Language, and what a former President of the Royal society thinks about the role scientists can play in science education.

00:28 Sir Martin Rees, former PRS, on SCORE and science education,
05:55 Professor Gordon Plotkin, winner of the 2012 Royal Society Milner Award, on the symantics of programming language,
08:58 Professor Bencie Woll, on British Sign Language,
16:47 Dr Tom Smulders, Biology Letters paper author, on wrinkly fingers,
21:02 Sir Martin Rees, answers why science?