Scientific research.
- Date:
- 1997
- Audio
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Description
Ist Item: The Government's Chief Scientific Adviser, Prof. Sir Robert May, is working on a new international ranking for scientific achievements. There are two league tables to categorise countries according to their performance. The panel discuss the pro's and con's of scientific statistics on performance. 2nd Item: Space Telescope. 3rd Item: Archaeological discovery of birch bark fossils. 4th Item: Testes. 5th Item: Malaria. Mapping the Malaria Risk in Africa. 6th Item: Neurons in the brain, and what makes our brain retain some memories longer than others.
Publication/Creation
London : BBC Radio 4, 1997.
Physical description
1 sound cassette (30 min).
Series
Notes
Broadcast 11 February 1997
Creator/production credits
Prof, Sir Robert May; Ben Martin; Prof. Paul Bourke; Michael Chance; Dr Madeleine Thompson; Dr David Lessor; Mark Cresswell; Steve Connor; Dr Richard Morris.
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Location Status Access Closed stores1150A