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Reader review of The Book of Numbers
Another nice email from a reader of The Book of Numbers. Always appreciated!
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iStethoscope Pro support page
This page is now closed for further comments. If you have a question or want to share a story about iStethoscope Pro v8 please email here. This was the official support page for iStethoscope Pro v1.04, the professional version of the original iStethoscope program. If you are looking for the support…
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RI cafe scientifique June
Monday evening I hosted the latest cafe scientifique, this month with Meg Pickard of guardian.co.uk. The topic was about social networking and whether sites such as twitter and facebook make us more or less social. An interesting discussion, with a good range of people from Internet-aware teenagers to Internet-phobic older…
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UCL public communication
Yesterday I took part in UCL's first public engagement symposium where those of us at UCL involved in public communication briefly explained all the crazy things we do (TV, radio, books, working with schools). Here's the webpage: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/public- engagement/opportunities/opportunities/symposium It was run by "London's Beacon for Public Engagement" based at UCL which aims…
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French mishap images
The French translation of my book The Undercover Scientist seems to be progressing well. They have decided (with my permission) to use the title: 'La désastreuse journée de M. Murphy' (Mr Murphy's Disastrous Day). It's in the series "Oh! les Sciences" of the publisher Dunod and should be published in…
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UK paperback of Undercover Scientist released
A few days ago the UK paperback version of The Undercover Scientist was released. You can see it in amazon.co.uk here. I've been doing a few interviews for magazines and newspapers so these should come out shortly. We're also in discussions with BBC radio about turning the book into a radio…
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Cafe scientifique in May
Last Monday I hosted this month's RI Cafe Scientifique, this time on the new science of complexity with Prof Eve Mitleton-Kelly. It was a fascinating event which I think everyone enjoyed. You can listen to it by visiting the webste: http://www.rigb.org/contentControl? action=displayContent&id=3036
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