Today, Martin debates the use of the word ‘geek’, Hannah discusses the theory behind supermarket queues and our guest Jon Reades explains how data can help us improve our social, business & transport networks, and why we should all start shredding our rubbish.

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Here are links to some of the topics we discussed on the show...

Alice Roberts kicks off the geek debate.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9030938/Alice-Roberts-hits-out-at-science-geeks.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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You can find Martin’s blogpost on the word ‘Geek’ here. Feel free to awe at its brilliance.

http://sociablephysics.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/why-i-do-not-self-identify-as-a-geek/

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The #IamScience hashtag. Beware - link contains references to drink, drugs and other naughty stuff.

http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/iamscience-embracing-personal-experience-on-our-rise-through-science/

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Hannah geeks out at a maths paper on the time to board an aeroplane:

http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevE.85.011130

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Link to 12 great visualisations that changed history:

http://owni.eu/2012/01/26/12-great-visualizations-that-made-history/

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You can visit Jon Reades website http://www.reades.com/ or follow him on twitter @jreades.

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Hannah Fry is a research associate in CASA; her website is http://HannahFry.co.uk and she is called @FryRSquared on twitter.

Martin Zaltz Austwick is a lecturer at CASA; his website is http://SociablePhysics.com and his twittername, conveniently, is @SociablePhysics.