The Life Scientific Explorers, Anna Buckley
The Life Scientific Explorers, Anna Buckley
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The Life Scientific: Explorers

Author: Anna Buckley

Narrator: Karen Cass

Unabridged: 8 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/27/2018

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Inspiring life stories from BBC Radio 4's hit series The Life Scientific

'In showing non-scientists why science offers so many paths to discovery it has no equal' Gillian Reynolds, Telegraph

Based on Jim Al-Khalili's ground-breaking interviews, The Life Scientific: Explorers takes science out of its box and introduces us to the men and women who make it happen.

The explorers featured in this volume include: Michele Dougherty, the mathematician who persuaded the Cassini mission to Saturn to make a diversion; Richard Fortey on his love of trilobites; Monica Grady, Meteorite Lady; neurosurgeon Henry Marsh on slicing through our thoughts; the Director of the British Antarctic Survey, Jane Francis; Jocelyn Bell Burnell describing how she missed out on a Nobel Prize; Brian Cox on quantum mechanics; and Nobel Prize winner John Sulston on why he thought it would be a good idea to sequence the human genome.

About Anna Buckley

Anna Buckley is the series producer of The Life Scientific on BBC Radio 4 and has worked with Jim Al-Khalili since the programme was launched in 2011. Offering a refreshing mix of the personal and the scientific, The Life Scientific transformed the way science, and scientists, were talked about on radio and beyond. It is one of the most popular programmes on BBC Radio 4, attracting more than two million listeners every week.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Les on January 09, 2019

A wonderful companion to the radio series. As a trained scientist who fell a little out of love with science for the past couple of years, this was the perfect antidote. Lots of stories of the sparks that ignited the passion for science in people who pursued it as a career, and love great insights i......more

Goodreads review by Tanwen on November 27, 2018

An interesting look into the life of scientists who have made an impact either in terms of public communication or their discoveries. It is definitely more about the scientist than the science, but would make a great (and comforting) read for anyone thinking of taking up decide as a career (the numb......more

Goodreads review by Nicola on December 09, 2018

If you're interested in science, then this is the book of the year for you.......more

Goodreads review by Linda on December 31, 2024

Really interesting book , what talent there is in this world and the strange reasons that sparked career choices......more


Quotes

'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