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Science Through the Looking Glass

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

A series of six programmes
5: The Language of Science
Why is scientific jargon so difficult to understand? Sometimes it is deliberately obscure so the uninitiated cannot appreciate that fundamentally it is trivial! But science also has to give precise definitions to millions of quantities - each requiring a name. These names are normally chosen to honour eminent scientists. and David Jones investigates the best way to get one's name immortalised in science.
Producer MARTIN GOLDMAN BBC Scotland

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Martin Goldman
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