Helen Czerski
Season 4 Episode 5
Physicist, writer and broadcaster Dr Helen Czerski joins Josie and Robin this week to talk about the science of every day things, which just happens to be what her new book, ’Storm in a Teacup’ is all about. There’s also love for the work of Richard Fortey, Grayson Perry, Bruce Chatwin and more. And there’s also a special announcement this week. Robin and Josie are off on tour with Cosmic Shambles LIVE, a science, comedy, literary, musical variety night. There’ll be plenty of guests along for the ride, including Helen, and the show is going around Australia and New Zealand in early 2017. Tickets and details at cosmicshambleslive.com
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Reading List
Helen recommends:
Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life by Helen Czerski
A Brief History Of Time: From Big Bang To Black Holes by Stephen Hawking
Feathers by Thor Hanson
The Earth: An Intimate History by Richard Fortey
What Am I Doing Here? by Bruce Chatwin
Hawaiki Rising: Hokule’a, Nainoa Thompson, and the Hawaiian Renaissance by Sam Low
Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Picture Palace by Paul Theroux
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Josie recommends:
Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit
Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
Night by Elie Wiesel
Swimming London by Jenny Landrath
The Great Trees of London by Jenny Landrath
Robin recommends:
Distraction Pieces edited by Scroobius Pip
Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
In the Name of the Father by Gerry Conlon
The Vanity of Small Differences by Grayson Perry
Captains of Consciousness by Stuart Ewen
The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard
Trilobite! Eyewitness to Evolution by Richard Fortey
Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum by Richard Fortey
In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin
The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas
I’m Here I Think, Where Are You? by Timothy West
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