En iyi Polymath World podcastleri (2026)

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Polymath World # Episode 35 - Dr Tiffany Vora 51:10

4d ago51:10

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SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY How can we live on Mars? Dr Tiffany Vora is a synthetic biologist from Silicon Valley and a leading space scientist. A graduate in biology from New York University before doing her PhD at Princeton, she was present in the explosive booms of genomics, systems biology, computational biology and genetic engineering - and we will talk…

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Polymath World # Episode 34 - Roundtable: Philosophy - Simone Weil 1:04:33

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SIMONE WEIL: Dr Chris Thomas and Dr Alex Carter Together with Dr Chris Thomas, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University, and Dr Alex Carter from Cambridge University, we discuss the incredible thought, writings and legacy of the philosopher Simone Weil. A true treasure, she is perhaps the most underappreciated and best ke…

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Polymath World # Episode 33 - Dr Gillian Straine 58:38

18d ago58:38

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ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS and THEOLOGY Dr Gillian Straine is one of the most remarkable people I have ever met. A tremendous mind, she did a PhD in atmospheric physics at Imperial College London when she suffered from lymphatic cancer, undergoing a long and painful chemotherapy journey. Contracting cancer at such a young age was a significant blow and al…

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Polymath World # Episode 32 - Dr Amna Whiston 47:13

25d ago47:13

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PHILOSOPHY Dr Amna Whiston is a philosopher who specialises in moral philosophy and the philosophy of mind. She teaches at Oxford University and Cambridge University's continuing education. She also writes popularly for the Institute for Art and Ideas and has engaged in debates about consciousness and AI on platforms such as Unbelievable. I've love…

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Polymath World # Episode 31 - Prof William Lane Craig 1:05:38

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PHILOSOPHY Dr Craig is a world renowned philosopher of religion and an authority on the discipline known as "apologetics". He authored the textbook we used as masters students and is one of the most famous philosophers of his generation. The architect of the Kalam Cosmological Argument, Dr Craig is a true polymath with doctorates in philosophy of r…

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Polymath World # Episode 30 - Dr Julie Keeble 41:28

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PHARMACOLOGY AND SPACE SCIENCE Dr Julie Keeble is senior lecturer in pharmacology at Kings College London in the faculty of medicine and life sciences. She is part of the aerospace medicine and extreme physiology group at KCL. Dr Keeble has sent over 30 experiments to space in her role with ISSET as a chief scientist. Her role in sending student ex…

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Polymath World # Episode 29 - Dr Lawrence Krauss 1:01:36

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THEORETICAL PHYSICS Conspiracy theories, science denial and inspiring wonder Dr Lawrence Krauss is an award winning science communicator and author, theoretical physicist and cosmologist who founded the Origins Project. His work has featured all over the world in works by the likes of PBS and NOVA. His career has taken him through Caltech, MIT, Har…

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Mars Society Conference 2025 at USC 29:03

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DNA repair in space Can we survive on Mars with the radiation? In October 2025 I had the honour of speaking at the University of Southern California for the 2025 Mars Society Conference. My lecture was on DNA double strand breaks due to space radiation and the immense challenges we face in keeping astronauts alive in deep space. Enjoy! The Polymath…

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Polymath World # Episode 28 - Ricky Arnold 57:37

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NASA Astronaut The wonder of spacewalks NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold has spent 210 says in space across his 2 missions. He has completed 5 spacewalks (EVAs) for over 32 hours. A former schoolteacher, marine biologist and accountant, Ricky became a NASA astronaut in the class of 2004. After completing a NEEMO mission undersea in Florida as well as a …

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Polymath World # Episode 27 - PROFESSOR KENNETH MILLER 1:00:25

2M ago1:00:25

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CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY And The Intelligent Design Trial 20 years later Dr Kenneth Miller is professor (emeritus) of biology at Brown University in the USA. He is a world authority on cell and molecular biology and an early pioneer in computational biology. His work has spanned the globe and made huge inroads in protein science. He has written b…

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Polymath World # Episode 26 - DR ANKE ARENTSEN-ARDERN 41:27

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ASTROPHYSICS WHAT IS GALACTIC ARCHAEOLOGY? Dr Anke Arentsen-Ardern is an observational astronomer in the field of Galactic Archaeology at Cambridge's world famous Institute of Astronomy. She works on the formation and evolution of the ancient Milky Way and the properties of old stellar populations, using observations of old, metal-poor stars, typic…

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REACTING TO CANDACE OWENS: ARE DINOSAURS FAKE? 5:22

3M ago5:22

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Political commentator Candace Owens believes dinosaurs never existed. Why? For what reason? What is there to gain from believing dinosaurs are a conspiracy? This is not healthy scepticism or critical thinking, but madness. Hating science and denying evidence never got anyone anywhere worth a damn. The Polymath World Channel brings you interviews wi…

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Polymath World # Episode 25 - DR MEGANNE CHRISTIAN 30:36

3M ago30:36

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ESA ASTRONAUT I loved talking to the outstanding Dr Meganne Christian, astronaut reserve for the European Space Agency. Dr Meganne Christian is an ESA astronaut in reserve, appointed from the 2022 class. Meganne studied at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of Engineering in industrial chem…

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REACTION TO MOON LANDING DENIER "Candace Owens doesn't believe we landed on the Moon" 6:24

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Something a bit different this week. This is another issue close to my heart and a conspiracy theory that is so problematic and disappointing. Candace Owens is a political commentator who doesn't believe we landed on the moon. I love Bill Maher and he has a lot of patience here and handles this pretty well. Her reasons are abysmal and it is tragic …

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Polymath World # Episode 24 - Dr Zachary Ardern 49:25

3M ago49:25

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EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS Dr Zachary Ardern is an evolutionary geneticist at the world-famous Wellcome Trust Sanger Centre in Cambridge. His work investigates the evolution and functions of young genes in pathogenic bacteria and viruses, working as a SEED fellow (Sanger Epidemiological and Evolutionary Dynamics) as part of the Thomson group. Tracing th…

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REACTING TO CREATIONIST PSEUDOSCIENCE - This time I lost my cool... 17:29

3M ago17:29

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Of all the creationist pseudoscience videos I have seen, this was the one that tipped me over the edge. In this skit by Genesis Apologetics we have the worst collection of everything I struggle to tolerate: misinformation and basic factual errors wedded to massive overconfidence, immense disrespect for science and scientists, painting science as a …

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Polymath World # Episode 23 - Dr Kat Arney 1:06:22

3M ago1:06:22

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GENETICS, CANCER AND SCIENCE COMMUNICATION Why is cancer so hard to cure in humans? Dr Kat Arney is a geneticist and an award-winning science communicator. Kat tells stories about science. She is the founder and director of First Create The Media: a communications and media consultancy for people who do science, offering consultancy, copywriting, m…

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Reaction to “Why Evolution Is FALSE” 5:39

3M ago5:39

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I finally have a look at a video by Answers In Genesis (Canada). It is a short explaining why evolution is false, apparently. There have been some poor videos from young earth creationism and intelligent design that we have looked at, but I was caught off guard by how mad this was! There are better, truer and more satisfying answers out there for t…

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Polymath World # Episode 22 - Dr Sam Gregson 56:48

3M ago56:48

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PARTICLE PHYSICS: THE BAD BOY OF SCIENCE Dr Sam Gregson is a particle physicist and science communicator who did his PhD at Cambridge University with the world-famous Cavendish Laboratory. After working at CERN and pursuing postdoctoral fellowships in particle physics he moved into science communication as the "Bad Boy of Science" where he performs…

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Polymath World # Episode 21 - Dr Max Baker-Hytch 43:28

4M ago43:28

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PHILOSOPHY Dr Max Baker-Hytch is Senior Tutor in philosophy at Oxford University. He specialises in epistemology and philosophy of religion, is the author of the Cambridge Elements work God and the Problem of Evidential Ambiguity and has published many research articles in philosophy. He is a teaching fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University. He …

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Reaction to Creationist Pseudoscience: "Evolution is a Fact - Debunked" 12:21

4M ago12:21

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Here I respond to another pseudoscience video, this time by an American religious apologetics ministry called Reasons For Hope. These two men come across as warm and likeable and are quite talented wordsmiths, but as is so often the case their science is woefully inadequate and misinformed. Like much American apologetics they recite the incorrect m…

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Polymath World # Episode 20 - BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY 35:34

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Polymath World # Episode 20 - BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY I interview former president of the British Interplanetary Society, Alistair Scott, about the history and work of the oldest space advocacy group on the planet. BiS has been active for almost a century, founded by the legendary Arthur C. Clarke. As meetings, research and publications grew…

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Polymath World # Episode 19 - Dr Lindsey Compton 42:05

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PLANT GENETICS Solving world hunger through potatoes! Dr Compton is associate professor of genetics at the University of Birmingham where she is based at the Centre for Computational Biology. Her research is in plant genetics using the potato as her model organism. Using modern genetics her hope is to tackle world hunger and malnutrition through ef…

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Polymath World # Episode 18 - Dr Peter Swan 55:01

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SPACE ELEVATORS Dr Peter Swan is the Chief Architect of the Space Elevator Consortium and a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society. He has a PHD in engineering from UCLA where his thesis was on space tethers. He is a partner of Zodiac Planetary Services and has been advocating and leading research on the feasibility and execution of the space…

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Polymath World # Episode 17 - Chris Sembroski 52:04

5M ago52:04

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SPACEX ASTRONAUT Chris Sembroski flew in 2021 on the historic Inspiration4 mission. It was the first all-civilian space flight and is the subject of Netflix's documentary Inspiration4. Chris is an engineer for Blue Origin working on the New Glenn rocket and is a lecturer in aviation at Embry-Riddle University (his alma mater). Inspiration4 flew to …

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REACTING TO CREATIONIST PSEUDOSCIENCE: "Frank Turek Unpacks the 4 BEST Arguments Against Evolution" 18:11

5M ago18:11

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Religious apologist Dr Frank Turek (from Cross Examined) gives his 4 best arguments against evolution. Are they any good? Frank has a PhD in Christian Apologetics but has no science background and is well-known for advocating for Intelligent Design Creationism which is pseudoscientific. Despite the overwhelming scientific evidence for evolution, an…

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Polymath World # Episode 16 - Professor Paul Heslop 44:04

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Polymath World # Episode 16 - Professor Paul Heslop MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS Professor Paul Heslop is professor of mathematical physics at Durham University. A prolific researcher in his field, he has published over 80 papers across subdisciplines such as supersymmetric field theory and supergravity. We discuss his research including subjects like scat…

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Reaction to Creationist Pseudoscience: "Go Where The Evidence Leads" 12:22

5M ago12:22

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Christian apologist Tim Barnett from the ministry Stand To Reason advocates for Intelligent Design Creationism. Much like many American apologetics ministries, they are anti-evolution and pro-Intelligent Design. In this video they ask us to "go where the evidence leads" whilst making strong claims about how science works and what it is we do. Is th…

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Polymath World # Episode 15 - Lieutenant Colonel Charles Gemar 46:02

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NASA ASTRONAUT Lieutenant Colonel Charles Gemar is a former NASA astronaut who flew on 3 missions on the Space Shuttle. A former army pilot and engineer, he graduated from the NASA astronaut class of 1986 after the Challenger disaster. After serving in several roles including CAPCOM, he flew on STS-38 in 1990, STS-48 in 1991, and finally STS-62 in …

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Polymath World # Episode 14 - Professor Simon Walker-Samuel 48:33

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Polymath World # Episode 14 - Professor Simon Walker-Samuel BIOPHYSICS Simon is Professor of Biophysics and Co-Director of the UCL Centre for Computational Medicine and Vice Dean (Research) for the Faculty of Medical Sciences. His research focus is the development of virtual tissue models of disease, by combining biomedical imaging, computational m…

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POLYMATH WORLD ROUNDTABLE CHAT: EVOLUTION, CREATIONISM AND INTELLIGENT DESIGN PSEUDOSCIENCE 1:05:02

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Polymath World Roundtable Chat: Evolution, Creationism and Intelligent Design Pseudoscience (With Professor Dave Explains and Phil Halper) Professor Dave Explains and Phil Halper join me for a discussion of evolutionary biology, creationism and Intelligent Design on the centenary of the Scopes Monkey Trial. What is stopping people from understandin…

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Polymath World # Episode 13 - Lord Martin Rees 1:03:36

6M ago1:03:36

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ASTROPHYSICS AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY Lord Martin Rees is one of the most accomplished scientists of the 20th and 21st century. With over 500 research publications and a large number of popular books on science, he has made immense and significant impact on the fields of high-energy astrophysics, cosmology, galaxy formation, the origins of the co…

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Polymath World # Episode 12 - Dr Matt Wilkinson 47:13

6M ago47:13

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EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY Dr Matt Wilkinson is a lecturer in evolutionary biology at Cambridge University. He is a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. An authority of the evolution of locomotion, he wrote the book Restless Creatures on the evolution of complex movement in life. He is also an authority on pterosaurs. Matt also has a masters in theatre pe…

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Polymath World # Episode 11 - Professor Simon Conway-Morris 46:21

6M ago46:21

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PALEOBIOLOGY AND ANCIENT LIFE Dr Simon Conway-Morris is professor of Paleobiology at Cambridge University. He has been a Fellow of the Royal Society for 30 years and is a fellow of St Johns College, Cambridge. He is one of the greatest living evolutionary biologists and one of the minds behind convergent evolution which is a grand unifying theory a…

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Polymath World # Episode 10 - Phil Halper 52:25

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Polymath World # Episode 10 - Phil Halper COSMOLOGY Phil Halper is a popular science communicator whose new book "Battle of the Big Bang", coauthored with Niayesh Afshordi, has just been released through University of Chicago Press. Here we discuss the premise of the book: which model will win out of the competing models for the beginning of the un…

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SYNBIO, GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE ENVIRONMENT 34:02

6M ago34:02

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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SCIENCE AND RELIGION CONFERENCE (ISSR) 2025 Synthetic Biology (SynBio) has the power to transform our engagement with the natural world. With tools like CRISPR-Cas9, "impossible" is an ever diminishing word. As biology accelerates at a rate not seen since the 1950s, what are the biggest questions facing humankind as we try…

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Polymath World # Episode 9 - Laura González Llamazares 37:28

6M ago37:28

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SPACE ENGINEERING Laura González Llamazares is the Cofounder and CCO at Radian Systems. She is a rising star in the space sector who has already been involved in launching over 30 satellites, as well as disrupting the sector through the 3D printing of just about everything including rocket engines. A polymath of business and engineering, she has wo…

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Polymath World # Episode 8 - Professor Stephen Law 58:26

7M ago58:26

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PHILOSOPHY Dr Stephen Law is professor of philosophy at Oxford University's Department of Continuing Education and is the author of many popular books including Believing Bullshit, The Philosophy Gym, The Philosophy Files, The War for Children's Minds, and the Oxford University Very Short Introduction to Humanism. He was formerly head of philosophy…

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Polymath World # Episode 7 - Melodie Yashar 41:52

7M ago41:52

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SPACE ARCHITECTURE Melodie Yashar is a space architect who has worked across the space sector. An engineer and architect, she is developing robotic technology to create the means of 3D printing human rated habitats and landing facilities on the Moon and Mars. Formerly at NASA Ames Research Centre, she is a rising star in the space industry and her …

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The Surprising Emergence of Idealism in Interwar Physics 30:40

7M ago30:40

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This is a lecture I gave at the North England Postgraduate Philosophy Conference on June 19th 2025 at the University of Liverpool. The topic is taken from my PhD research, titled "The Surprising Emergence of Idealism in Interwar Physics" - - - - - Socials: Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/PolymathWorld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/polymath_sam/…

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Science, Philosophy & Sir James Jeans 24:59

7M ago24:59

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Science and Religion Forum 2025 University of Sheffield. Science, Philosophy and Sir James Jeans. #polymathworldchannel #pursueextraordinary #podcast @ChristiansinScience @universityofsheffield @sheffielduniversitychristi1036 ---------- Socials: Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/PolymathWorld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/polymath_sam/ Tik Tok: h…

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Polymath World # Episode 6 - Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger 47:23

7M ago47:23

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NASA ASTRONAUT Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger is a NASA astronaut and geologist who flew on STS-131 in 2010 which was the penultimate flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The flight to the ISS was historic for being the first time 4 women were flying on the ISS. In 2012 she commanded NEEMO 16, an undersea space analog where crews train for extreme …

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Polymath World # 5 - Dr Robert Zubrin 47:23

7M ago47:23

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The Future of Space Robert Zubrin is one of the most important rocket scientists of his generation, who helped found the Mars Society globally, influenced a younger Elon Musk to found SpaceX, and stemmed much of the Mars activism by his proposals to the George Bush Snr administration. His books include The Case for Space, The Case for Mars, and Mar…

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Polymath World # 4 - Professor Alex Carter 56:11

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PHILOSOPHY Dr Alex Carter is Associate Professor for Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Cambridge, Institute of Continuing Education (ICE) where he oversees all courses in philosophy and creativity theory. He is also a Fellow and College Lecturer at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University. He gained his PhD in Philosoph…

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Polymath World # Episode 3 - Patrick Rennie 55:38

7M ago55:38

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Patrick Rennie is a rocket scientist and president of the Mars Society UK. He is on the board of the British Interplanetary Society. His work includes space planes, propulsion, and conceptual rocket systems for both low earth orbit and deep space. We talk about Mars, inspiring the next generation and how the future of space could look. The Polymath…

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Polymath World # 2 - Professor Paul Ewart 26:17

7M ago26:17

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Professor Paul Ewart is professor emeritus of physics at the University of Oxford where he led atomic and laser physics for 50 years. He is a fellow and tutor at Worcester College there and his work has impacted many areas of your life. He has always been generous with his time and support to me and is very well liked by everyone he has ever led. I…

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Polymath World #1 - Professor Peter Atkins 38:43

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Professor Peter Atkins is professor emeritus of chemistry at Oxford University. His books, both academic and popular have been hugely successful and he is one of the most recognisable figures in chemistry that this country has had for 60 years. Generous with his help to students and researchers, I have always enjoyed my time with him. I hope you en…

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