Jim Al-Khalili
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Prof Jim Al-Khalili CBE FRS HonFREng @UniofSurrey Distinguished Chair in theoretical physics, author, broadcaster, humanist. "Affable Egghead" (Sunday Times).
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'We grow older, things become more disordered, the universe expands, and things die out. Where does that directionality come from?' — Jim Al-Khalili
Find out in our new podcast episode, available now on Apple Music and Spotify: bit.ly/4aV0Fen
Jim Al-Khalili
Emerging from her interview with Jim Al-Khalili for BBC Radio 4’s #TheLifeScientific , to be broadcast in July. Dr Anne Child, Medical Director of the #Marfan Trust, discussed her uniquely fascinating life and career! We will remind you nearer the time!
Tomorrow morning on #TheLifeScientific on BBC Radio 4 I chat with astronomer and Royal Astronomical Society president, Mike Edmunds.
We discuss galactic chemistry, ancient astronomical instruments, and the ghost of Isaac Newton makes a guest appearance.
Last in the series.
🚨 Reminder🚨
Royal Astronomical Society president Mike Edmunds will be a guest on BBC Radio 4's The Life Scientific tomorrow (Tuesday 23 April).
Hear about Prof Edmunds' life and work as he is interviewed by presenter Jim Al-Khalili.
Listen at 09:00 BST 📻 🎤
New paper out in Physical Review C with Lance and Paul Stevenson on the effectiveness of quantum algorithms (and hence the usefulness of quantum computers) for modelling the structure of atomic nuclei.
journals.aps.org/prc/abstract/1…
The University of Edinburgh Frank Close You can also hear Peter Higgs in his own words, talking to Jim Al-Khalili on Life Scientific just after the Nobel and discovery.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03…
My favourite Life Scientific chuckle moment with the amazing Jim Al-Khalili:
Jim: 'Peter Higgs what is the Higg's Boson?'
Peter: '...well...theory...symmetry breaking...background field...mass differences...waves propagate...'
'Can you encapsulate that in say 30 seconds?'
'No'
LOL
I'm really excited and pleased to be included among such wonderful and illustrious company in this lovely new book by Andrew Copson.
The remarkable Dr. Jane Goodall & the Jane Goodall Institute turns 90 today. Here she is in conversation with Jim Al-Khalili in 2020 BBC Radio 4 BBC Sounds - The Life Scientific, on living with wild chimpanzees. Producer Anna Buckley. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…