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Interested in science and the people behind the science? Looking for an informative, entertaining, thought-provoking and accessible read? Join Professor Dame Frances Ashcroft and her guests as they discuss their favourite popular science books, share their love of science and the books they consider most enjoyable and that offer something to everyone. Episodes will be published fortnightly.
Professor Ashcroft is Professor of Physiology at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Trinity College Oxford. Her own books include Life at the Extremes: the science of survival and The Spark of Life: electricity in the human body.
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| 10 | Why Sex Matters | Professor Russell Foster and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley and Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation by Olivia Judson. | Russell Foster, Frances Ashcroft | 15 Oct 2024 | |
| 9 | A Good Science Read: A Walk on the Wild Side | Professor Richard Fortey joins Professor Frances Ashcroft to discuss Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake and Wilding by Isabella Tree. | Richard Fortey, Frances Ashcroft | 15 Oct 2024 | |
| 8 | A Good Science Read: On the Origin of Modern Humans | Professor Chris Miller and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss 'Who We Are and How We Got Here' by the Harvard geneticist David Reich. | Chris Miller, Frances Ashcroft | 15 Oct 2024 | |
| 7 | A Good Science Read: How everything works | Dr Roger Highfield joins Professor Frances Ashcroft to discuss Pain: A Ladybird Expert book by Irene Tracey and A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. | Frances Ashcroft, Roger Highfield | 14 May 2024 | |
| 6 | A Good Science Read: How humans changed the landscape and ourselves | Professor Peter Burge joins Professor Frances Ashcroft to discuss Dust: The Modern World in a Trillion Particles by Jay Owens and The Species that Changed Itself or How prosperity reshaped humanity by Edwin Gale. | Frances Ashcroft, Peter Burge | 30 Apr 2024 | |
| 5 | A Good Science Read: Evolution - from Fossils to Finches | Professor Paul Smith and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould and The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner. | Frances Ashcroft, Paul Smith | 16 Apr 2024 | |
| 4 | A Good Science Read: The Secret Life of the Cuckoo | Professor Richard Boyd joins Professor Frances Ashcroft to discuss Cuckoo - Cheating by Nature by Nick Davies. | Frances Ashcroft, Richard Boyd | 01 Apr 2024 | |
| 3 | A Good Science Read: The importance of Mathematics and Engineering | Professor Marcus du Sautoy joins Professor Frances Ashcroft to discuss A Mathematician’s Apology by GH Hardy and Exactly: How Engineers Created the Modern World by Simon Winchester. | Frances Ashcroft, Marcus du Sautoy | 18 Mar 2024 | |
| 2 | A Good Science Read: The Story of Penicillin | Professor Matthew Freeman and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss "The Mould in Dr Florey's Coat" by Eric Lax | Frances Ashcroft, Matthew Freeman | 04 Mar 2024 | |
| 1 | A Good Science Read | Professor Frances Ashcroft gives a short introduction to this exciting new series | Frances Ashcroft | 27 Feb 2024 |