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?