Tag: Science for the People

Sticky: The Secret Science of Surfaces

Science for the People | 8 July 2022 | 1h 00m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
Interview with Laurie Winkless about her book Sticky: The Secret Science of Surfaces. Discusses the science of surfaces and stickiness, using examples from nature such as geckos to describe how they generate their stickiness.

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Remaking the Face

Science for the People | 7 June 2022 | 1h 00m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
Interview with Lindsey Fitzharris about her book The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon’s Battle to Mend the Disfigured Faces of World War I. Discusses the pioneering work of Harold Gillies to develop plastic surgery to reconstruct the disfigured faces of injured World War I soldiers.

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The One About Vaginas

Science for the People | 11 April 2022 | 1h 00m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
Interview with Rachel Gross about her book Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Journey. Details the anatomy of the clitoris, describes the sexism that got in the way of understanding, and summarises the state of the knowledge about female reproductive anatomy.

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Full Spectrum: How the Science of Colour Made Us Modern

Science for the People | 27 January 2021 | 1h 00m | Listen Later | iTunes
Interview with Adam Rogers about his book Full Spectrum: How the Science of Color Made us Modern. Discusses the evolution of the science of colour and how it has influenced culture and history. Covers the technology of paints and pigments and how they’ve coloured the world and considers the role of the mind, as neuroscientists and linguists have sought to understand our perception of colour and the language we use to describe it.

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