The new book from the BBC Radio 4 hit series The Life Scientific
Inside the lives of the scientists who are exploring our world, our universe, our past, ourselves.
Based on interviews broadcast on BBC Radio 4's hugely popular series, The Life Scientific takes science out of its box and introduces us to the men and women who make it happen.
The explorers in this volume include Michele Dougherty, the mathematician who directed the Cassini mission to Saturn, and Helen Sharman, the first British person in space. Jane Francis shares the joys of camping in Antarctica, Colin Pillinger relives his mission to put the Beagle 2 lander on Mars and Henry Marsh shares his thoughts about slicing through our thoughts. Brian Cox tells why he gave up pop music for quantum mechanics, and Nobel Prize winner John Sulston remembers why he thought it might be a good idea to sequence the human genome.
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781474608091
Number of pages: 336
Weight: 240 g
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 26 mm
'Both inspirational and richly human, the book offers a compelling picture of science at the cutting edge' - TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT
'Anna Buckley, the producer of The Life Scientific, distils the scientists' passions skilfully into print' - Sunday Times, Science Books of the Year 2018
Really interesting and fun to read!
Amazing stories. Lots of women too.
A very well presented book which I enjoyed enormously. I found the radio programme, very interesting but, as a non-scientist it was difficult for me to digest all the information. Being able to read in my own... More
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