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View the full archive of Ockham's Razor 2009-11-22 A Gunn and two Hookers - Part two Last week Dr Jim Endersby, from the University of Sussex in the UK, told the tale of how Joseph Dalton Hooker met Tasmanian Ronald Gunn who, over the years, sent hundreds of carefully dried and preserved specimens of unknown flora to Kew, where Hooker named and classified his finds. Today Europe's museums and botanic gardens are full of dried plants, stuffed animals etc, as a result of the dedication of these men. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009-11-15 A Gunn and two Hookers - Part one Dr Jim Endersby is a lecturer in British History at the University of Sussex in the UK and he's the author of a book called Imperial Nature - Joseph Hooker and the Practices of Victorian Science. Joseph Hooker was an internationally renowned botanist and a close friend and early supporter of Charles Darwin and he was one of the first British men of science to become a full-time professional. Dr Jim Endersby talks about Hooker's career and offers interesting insights into the 19th century na ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009-11-08 The role of undergraduate education in Australia Michael Bradley is in his 4th year studying engineering at the University of Sydney. In this talk he discusses some interesting thoughts about the role of university education. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009-11-01 The evolution of world peace In recent history we've seen numerous acts of global terrorism, invasions, genocides, wars and the growing threat of nuclear proliferation. Dr Scott Field is a lecturer at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey and a Visiting Scholar at the Institute of International Studies at the University of California Berkeley and he argues that we are on the path to eventual world peace. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009-10-25 Women, science and politics Politics used to be known as 'a man's business'. However, the situation seems to be changing globally to some extent. Emeritus Professor Sol Encel from the University of New South Wales looks at female politicians, past and present, and found that a large number of them have a scientific background. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009-10-18 Professor Ian Plimer replies to his critics In June this year Professor Kurt Lambeck, President of the Australian Academy of Science, discussed Professor Ian Plimer's book Heaven and Earth. Professor Plimer has been criticised in some circles about his views on climate change and in this talk he answers his critics. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009-10-11 How T.H. Huxley helped me teach my students how to write Dr Susan Lawler is a teacher of evolution and genetics at the Albury/Wodonga campus of La Trobe University. The lack of writing skills in her students gave her the idea to correspond with her students as T.H. Huxley. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009-10-04 Is our sustainability science racist? Dr Ariel Salleh is a sociologist in political economy at the University of Sydney and today she focuses on the ecological debt notched up by affluent societies as main contributors to global warming. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009-09-27 The Coolibah story Paediatrican Dr John Boulton retired from the University of Newcastle in 2005 and now works part-time in Aboriginal Child Health in the Kimberley region in Western Australia. Recently he had an opportunity to glimpse the life of an Aboriginal man called Coolibah who was looking after his sick 3-year-old grandson, who was suffering with severe nephritis. So, what will it take for an Aboriginal child to have the same life chances for health as a white child? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009-09-20 Dr Samuel Johnson's illnesses Medical historian Dr Jim Leavesley from Western Australia remembers Dr Samuel Johnson's illnesses on the 300th anniversary of his birth on September 18, 1709. Dr Johnson is famous for his dictionary which was published in 1755 and he was plagued from birth by many illnesses. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009-09-13 What do we mean by species? Colin Groves, who's Professor of Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University, discusses the definition of a species. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009-09-06 Science and religion revisited Author Larry Buttrose has just published a book called Tales of the Popes: From Eden to El Dorado which looks at the lives of the popes from the inception of the papacy up to the burning at the stake of the humanist philosopher Giordano Bruno in Rome in 1600. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009-08-30 Fuel saving follies Author Gerard Ryle, while doing research for his book Firepower, discovered that Australian investors have long had a weakness for fuel saving devices. There have been many famous names involved in this endeavour, such as Peter Brock and Pro Hart. As it turns out, no one so far has come up with a genuine fuel-saving device and fortunes have been won and lost in this attempt to revolutionise the car industry. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009-08-23 Two killer factors Dr John Reid from Monash University, School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, looks at two factors responsible for perhaps the great majority of car crashes - young drivers with immature brains and sleepiness. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009-08-16 Water wars Will there be wars about water? Some people think so. Wendy Barnaby, who's a journalist and author from London, used to think so, but has changed her mind. In this talk she explains why. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009-08-09 Language and prehistory Professor Claire Bowern from the Linguistics Department at Yale University in Connecticut, US, tells us of her research into the languages and history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009-08-02 Preventing osteoporosis Professor Christopher Nordin from the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science in Adelaide has grave concerns that there is no primary prevention program for osteoporosis in Australia. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009-07-26 Zen, the science of clean engines and bureaucracy Marcus Clayton from Melbourne outlines some of the bureaucratic obstacles he and his business partner have experienced in trying to get alternative technologies accepted. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009-07-05 The Chamberlen family - barber/surgeons 440 years ago Williams Chamberlen and his wife fled from religious persecution in France to Southampton in England.The Chamberlen family made history by using obstetrical forceps, which they managed to keep a secret within the family for about 125 years. Medical historian Dr Jim Leavesley has the story. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009-07-12 Fructose Author of Sweet Poison, David Gillespie,discusses the effect of fructose on our bodies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website