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Blue Dot Festival Special Part 2In Part 2 of the Science Shambles specials from the Blue Dot Festival from Jodrell Bank, Robin and Josie tackle the issue of evolution and bananas before we chat about scientific delight in all things bookish with a bumper lineup of guests. There’s science presenters and writers Dallas Campbell and Ginny Smith, immunologist Sheena Cruickshank, astronomer Paul Abel, the team from ScienceGrrl, impressionist Jon Culshaw and Public Service Broadcasting’s J Willgoose. Because this episode was recorded in a large field where a music festival was also taking place, there is often a bit of background noise. Sorry about that.
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Reading List
Robin recommends:
James Randi: Psychic Investigator by James Randi
The Demon-haunted World: Science As a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan
The work of Erich von Däniken
The Coming Race by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The work of Carlos Castaneda
The work of Ward Churchill
The work of Michael Gazzaniga
The work of Philip K Dick
Moore Can You Speak Venusian? by Sir Patrick Moore
Science Ink by Carl Zimmer
The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms by Charles Darwin
Neanderthal Man by Svante Pääbo
Josie recommends:
The work of Walt Whitman
Dallas recommends:
The Monuments of Mars: A City on the Edge of Forever by Richard Hoagland
World Top Secret: Our Earth IS Hollow! by Rodney Cluff
The work of Ken Campbell
Jon recommends:
The Observer’s Book of Astronomy by Sir Patrick Moore
Exploring Space by Kenneth W. Gatland
Forces of Nature by Brian Cox and Andrew Cohen
Ginny recommends:
How the Body Works: Big Stuff Simply Explained by Ginny Smith, Dorling Kindersley and other
The work of Oliver Sacks
Paul recommends:
Cosmos by Carl Sagan
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene
Sheena recommends:
Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature’s Most Dangerous Creatures
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong
Life’s Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code by Matthew Cobb
J recommends:
The work of Leo Tolstoy
The work of Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts by Andrew Chaikin
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journeys by Michael Collins
Science Grrl recommends:
The Archaeology of Disease by Charlotte Roberts and Keith Manchester
The Incredible Human Journey by Alice Roberts
Trent recommends:
Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
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