Ockham’s Razor

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Ockham’s Razor episodes

August 31, 2019 Today no one got eaten.
Geophysicists might expect to face earthquakes or volcanoes in their work. But Kate Selway has to factor hungry Polar bears into her research.
11 min
August 24, 2019 Where do ideas come from?
Archimedes had the original Eureka moment in the bath. Mathematician Geordie Williamson had a geometry-shattering insight in the shower. Where do our ideas come from?
9 min
August 24, 2019 Where do ideas come from?
Archimedes had the original Eureka moment in the bath. Mathematician Geordie Williamson had a geometry-shattering insight in the shower. Where do our ideas come from?
9 min
August 17, 2019 John Snow and the Broad St pump
Dr Jim Leavesley on the other John Snow, cholera and the birth of epidemiology. (First broadcast September 5, 2004).
13 min
August 17, 2019 John Snow and the Broad St pump
Dr Jim Leavesley on the other John Snow, cholera and the birth of epidemiology. (First broadcast September 5, 2004).
13 min
August 10, 2019 Thomas Harriot: England's Galileo
Robyn Arianrhod with the story of an Elizabethan mathematician you've never heard of.
12 min
August 10, 2019 Thomas Harriot: England's Galileo
Robyn Arianrhod with the story of an Elizabethan mathematician you've never heard of.
12 min
August 03, 2019 Romancing the stars
Trashy mags are full of stories about love among the stars. But astrophysicist Devika Kamath has discovered what happens when real stars hook-up -- and is rewriting the astronomy textbooks as a result!
12 min
August 03, 2019 Romancing the stars
Trashy mags are full of stories about love among the stars. But astrophysicist Devika Kamath has discovered what happens when real stars hook-up -- and is rewriting the astronomy textbooks as a result!
12 min
July 27, 2019 The Titanic and beyond
Maritime archaeology doesn’t sound super-sexy, but Emily Jateff's work has taken her to some extraordinary places – like to the Titanic. Four times!
12 min

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This program is no longer in production. Ockham’s Razor is a soap box for all things scientific, with short talks about research, industry and policy from people with something thoughtful to say…