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The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Failure
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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
May 8, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Brian Cox and Robin Ince embrace failure in its many forms, with a frank look at the importance of making mistakes. They examine the flaws in Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution with the anthropologist Alice Roberts, as she tells them no idea is totally watertight. And sometimes scientific error even leads to important discoveries – just ask the heart patients who took a pill that did nothing for their medical condition but did boost their libido and which we now know as Viagra. But other failures in the field of medicine have had more serious consequences, and Dr Chris van Tulleken questions why we’re not better at drug development for the poorest parts of the world.New episodes will be released on Wednesdays. If you’re in the UK, listen to the full series on BBC Sounds: bbc.in/3K3JzyFProducer: Marijke Peters
Executive Producer: Alexandra FeachemEpisodes featured:
Series 15: Science’s Epic Fails
Series 11: Serendipity
Series 25: What Have We Learnt From Covid?
Executive Producer: Alexandra FeachemEpisodes featured:
Series 15: Science’s Epic Fails
Series 11: Serendipity
Series 25: What Have We Learnt From Covid?
Released:
May 8, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Science and Religion: Robin Ince and Brian Cox are joined by the Very Rev Victor Stock and Adam Rutherford. by The Infinite Monkey Cage