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  • Polymath World # Episode 14 - Professor Simon Walker-Samuel
    2025/08/06

    Polymath World # Episode 14 - Professor Simon Walker-Samuel


    BIOPHYSICS


    Simon is Professor of Biophysics and Co-Director of the UCL Centre for Computational Medicine and Vice Dean (Research) for the Faculty of Medical Sciences. His research focus is the development of virtual tissue models of disease, by combining biomedical imaging, computational modelling and machine learning. He did a physics PhD with the Institute for Cancer Research followed by a postdoc before moving to University College London (UCL). He is a Wellcome Senior Research Fellow. In 2023 with Rebecca Shipley he established the Centre for Computational Medicine. He is also a trustee of Humanists UK.Simon is Professor of Biophysics and Co-Director of the UCL Centre for Computational Medicine and Vice Dean (Research) for the Faculty of Medical Sciences. His research focus is the development of virtual tissue models of disease, by combining biomedical imaging, computational modelling and machine learning. He did a physics PhD with the Institute for Cancer Research followed by a postdoc before moving to University College London (UCL). He is a Wellcome Senior Research Fellow. In 2023 with Rebecca Shipley he established the Centre for Computational Medicine. He is also a trustee of Humanists UK.



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  • POLYMATH WORLD ROUNDTABLE CHAT: EVOLUTION, CREATIONISM AND INTELLIGENT DESIGN PSEUDOSCIENCE
    2025/08/04

    Polymath World Roundtable Chat: Evolution, Creationism and Intelligent Design Pseudoscience

    (With Professor Dave Explains and Phil Halper)


    Professor Dave Explains and Phil Halper join me for a discussion of evolutionary biology, creationism and Intelligent Design on the centenary of the Scopes Monkey Trial. What is stopping people from understanding and accepting the overwhelming evidence for evolution, and how can people combat the challenge of creationism? Is this a problem of psychology, education, or science communication?


    Read my interview with Professor Dave Explains for The Freethinker here: Debunking creationists, flat-earthers, and other enemies of science: interview with ‘Professor Dave’ - The Freethinker


    See Phil Halper here: Phil Halper (aka Skydivephil) - YouTube


    See Professor Dave Explains here: Professor Dave Explains - YouTube


    For Dave's excellent playlist on the Discovery Institute see here: Exposing Discovery Institute - YouTube


    Dave's video on Denis Noble and the myths of the 2016 Royal Society meeting: Denis Noble is a Clown



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  • Polymath World # Episode 13 - Lord Martin Rees
    2025/07/30

    ASTROPHYSICS AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY


    Lord Martin Rees is one of the most accomplished scientists of the 20th and 21st century. With over 500 research publications and a large number of popular books on science, he has made immense and significant impact on the fields of high-energy astrophysics, cosmology, galaxy formation, the origins of the cosmic microwave background, and in popular science communication.

    Lord Rees is the 15th Astronomer Royal, following on from giants such as Halley and Dyson, and sits in the House of Lords. He is part of the golden generation of astrophysicists from the mid twentieth century that included Stephen Hawking, Fred Hoyle, Subraman Chandrasekhar, and Freeman Dyson among others. He became Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge University, where he is still active today.

    Rees won the Wolf Prize and was President of the Royal Society for many years where he is still a fellow. He helped formulate the Longitude Prize for scientific breakthrough. He is part of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University, and founded the Centre for Existential Risk.


    Links to key books:


    • Just Six Numbers: https://amzn.eu/d/bUMU7if
    • On the Future: Prospects for Humanity: https://amzn.eu/d/8jbO6JF
    • If Science is to Save Us: https://amzn.eu/d/0z1gwuO
    • The End of Astronauts: Why Robots Are the Future of Exploration: https://amzn.eu/d/332YqSm


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  • Polymath World # Episode 12 - Dr Matt Wilkinson
    2025/07/23

    EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY


    Dr Matt Wilkinson is a lecturer in evolutionary biology at Cambridge University. He is a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. An authority of the evolution of locomotion, he wrote the book Restless Creatures on the evolution of complex movement in life. He is also an authority on pterosaurs. Matt also has a masters in theatre performance and is passionate about science communication.


    Find out more about Dr Matt Wilkinson: https://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/people/matt-wilkinson


    Purchase Restless Creatures here: https://amzn.eu/d/d3SN8EG



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    47 分
  • Polymath World # Episode 11 - Professor Simon Conway-Morris
    2025/07/16

    PALEOBIOLOGY AND ANCIENT LIFE


    Dr Simon Conway-Morris is professor of Paleobiology at Cambridge University. He has been a Fellow of the Royal Society for 30 years and is a fellow of St Johns College, Cambridge. He is one of the greatest living evolutionary biologists and one of the minds behind convergent evolution which is a grand unifying theory across biology. He gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures in 1996. He is an expert on the Burgess Shale fossils and has travelled the world exploring the fossil record, especially regarding the Cambrian era. His books include Life's Solution, The Runes of Evolution, The Crucible of Creation, and more recently From Extraterrestrials to Animal Minds.



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    46 分
  • Polymath World # Episode 10 - Phil Halper
    2025/07/09

    Polymath World # Episode 10 - Phil Halper


    COSMOLOGY


    Phil Halper is a popular science communicator whose new book "Battle of the Big Bang", coauthored with Niayesh Afshordi, has just been released through University of Chicago Press. Here we discuss the premise of the book: which model will win out of the competing models for the beginning of the universe? And will the Big Bang survive new advances in astrophysics? We talk about the James Webb telescope, the mysteries of dark energy and dark matter, as well as the recent history of cosmology. Phil is also a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and the creator of the popular YouTube series Before the Big Bang, which has had several million views. He was previously journalist in residence at the Penn State Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos. A popular astrophotographer, his astronomy images have been featured in major media outlets around the world, and he has published in peer-reviewed journals.


    Find out more below:

    Phil’s new book "Battle of the Big Bang": https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo244963115.html

    Phil's channel: Before the Big Bang series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ4zAUPI-qqqj2D8eSk7yoa4hnojoCR4m


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    52 分
  • SYNBIO, GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE ENVIRONMENT
    2025/07/05

    INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SCIENCE AND RELIGION CONFERENCE (ISSR) 2025


    Synthetic Biology (SynBio) has the power to transform our engagement with the natural world. With tools like CRISPR-Cas9, "impossible" is an ever diminishing word. As biology accelerates at a rate not seen since the 1950s, what are the biggest questions facing humankind as we try to avert climate disaster and beat disease whilst opening the frontiers of personalized, precision medicine? As a tech optimist, I had the chance to make the positive case at this year's ISSR gathering of scientists engaged with philosophy and theology, whilst also addressing the pessimistic challenges.


    This lecture was given in Swindon on July 2nd 2025 at the ISSR Conference.


    https://www.issr.org.uk



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    34 分
  • Polymath World # Episode 9 - Laura González Llamazares
    2025/07/02

    SPACE ENGINEERING

    Laura González Llamazares is the Cofounder and CCO at Radian Systems. She is a rising star in the space sector who has already been involved in launching over 30 satellites, as well as disrupting the sector through the 3D printing of just about everything including rocket engines.
    A polymath of business and engineering, she has worked all over the world, including in Houston with NASA's Johnson Space Centre.
    We discuss the growth and evolution of the space sector, the future of the private space industry, what 3D printing in space looks like, launching satellites, and her own remarkable career journey so far.
    Find out more below:
    RADIAN SYSTEMS: https://radian.systems/
    SATELLITE APPLICATIONS CATAPULT: https://sa.catapult.org.uk/

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    37 分