Extended Christmas specials recorded backstage at “Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People”, the “Variety version of the Royal Institute Christmas Lectures”, at the Bloomsbury Theatre on the 16th December 2010. The nights were curated by comedian Robin Ince, and featured a huge roster of comedians, musicians, scientists and others in a festive celebration of […]
December 18, 2010
Dr Richard Elwes is a writer, teacher, and researcher in Mathematics, and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Leeds. He Contributes to New Scientist and Plus Magazine and has publishes research on model theory. Dr Elwes is passionate about the public understanding of maths, which he promotes at talks and on the radio. His books include Maths […]
December 14, 2010
Kitty Ferguson was born in San Antonio, Texas. She now divides her time between South Carolina and Cambridge. An experienced science writer, her previous books include The Fire in the Equations, Measuring the Universe, The Nobleman and his Housedog and Stephen Hawking: Quest for a Theory of Everything. Her latest book is Pythagoras: His Lives and the Legacy of a […]
December 5, 2010
Little Atoms Live: Urban Renaissance? with Jonathan Meades & Will Alsop Jonathan Meades is a broadcaster and the author of several books including three works of fiction – Filthy English, Pompey and The Fowler Family Business – and two anthologies of journalism. He is currently working on a book entitled An Encyclopaedia of Myself. Professor Will Alsop […]
December 1, 2010
Giles Sparrow is the author of The Universe and How to See It and The Planets and he was also a major contributor to Dorling Kindersley’s Universe. His latest book is Hubble:Window on the Universe, published to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope. He studied Astronomy at University College London, and Science Communication at Imperial […]
November 27, 2010
Dan Hind is a journalist and publisher. In 2009 he left the industry to develop a program of media reform centred around public commissioning. His journalism has appeared in the Guardian, New Scientist, Lobster and the Times Literary Supplement. His first book was The Threat to Reason:How the Enlightenment Was Hijacked and How We Can Reclaim it. […]
November 10, 2010
Lewis Dartnell is an astrobiologist at CoMPLEX (Centre for Mathematics & Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology) based at UCL. He is currently working at working in the Centre for Planetary Sciences, researching in the field of astrobiology and the possibility of microbial life surviving in the surface dust of Mars in the face of […]
October 31, 2010
The Little Atoms TAM London special featuring interviews with Jonathan Ross (wossy), Graham Linehan (glinner) and Andy Nyman (andynyman). First broadcast 21st October 2010.
October 24, 2010
Kat Banyard is author of The Equality Illusion and is a founder and Director of UK Feminista – an organisation supporting grass-roots feminist activism. She is also the founder of FEM Conferences – an acclaimed series of national feminist conferences. Kat was previously Campaigns Officer at the Fawcett Society – the UK ‘s leading campaign for women’s rights, and was a regular spokesperson for […]
October 15, 2010
Neil and Rebecca are joined by Tracy King and DC Turner, and special guest Tim Minchin. Tracy King is the Managing Director of February Marketing is the organiser of TAM London and co-organiser of The Big Libel Gig. She speaks on a range of topics including viral marketing, advertising psychology and using marketing in science communication and […]
December 25, 2010
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