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Start the Week

Fairy Tale Physics?

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

On Start the Week Allan Little grapples with super-symmetric particles, superstrings and multiverses with the help of Jon Butterworth. But the writer Jim Baggott dismisses many of the ideas of modern theoretical physics as mere fairy tales and fantasy. The sociologist Hilary Rose bemoans the commercialisation of biological sciences and warns against believing the hype. But the world-renowned stem cell scientist Stephen Minger believes recent developments show great promise for the treatments of many life-threatening diseases.
Producer: Natalia Fernandez. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Allan Little
Interviewed Guest:
Jon Butterworth
Interviewed Guest:
Jim Baggott
Interviewed Guest:
Hilary Rose
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Minger

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