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Inside the lives of the scientists who are exploring the world, our universe, the past and ourselves.

Based on the interviews broadcast on BBC Radio 4''s hugely popular series, 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; 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.

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'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 *

The Life Scientific Explorers

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      Publisher Orion Publishing Co
      Published 15 October 2020
      ISBN-13 9781474608091
      978-1474608091
      ISBN-10 1474608094
      Also in:
      Biography Biography: science, technology and medicine Collected biographies Science & Nature History of science

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Inside the lives of the scientists who are exploring the world, our universe, the past and ourselves.

      Based on the interviews broadcast on BBC Radio 4''s hugely popular series, 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; 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.

      Trade Review
      '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 *

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