736Books62Followers

Books in the “Podcast: Discovery” bookshelf created by BBC World Service

BBC World Serviceadded an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Discovery5 years ago
Part 1: Déjà vu

"Do we know what causes déjà vu?" asks Floyd Kitchen from Queenstown in New Zealand.

Drs Rutherford and Fry investigate this familiar feeling by speaking to world-leading reseacher Chris Moulin from the University of Grenoble in France and memory expert Catherine Loveday from Westminster University. Plus, they find out why early investigations classed déjà vu as a type of paranormal phenomenon.

For most of us, it's a fleetingly strange experience, but for some people it can become a serious problem. Lisa from Hulme in Manchester started experiencing déjà vu when she was 22 with episodes that could last all day. The origin of her déjà vu has been the key to helping psychologists investigate its cause.

Part 2: Randomness

"Is anything truly random, or is everything predetermined?" asks Darren Spalding from Market Harborough.

Hannah and Adam go in search of random events, from dice throws to lava lamps. Can we predict the outcome of any event?

"How do computers manage to pick random numbers?" asks Jim Rennie from Mackinaw in Illinois. Random numbers are vital for things like cyber security and banking. But true randomness is surprisingly hard to produce, as the team discover.

Joining them for this case we have a random selection of experts: mathematician Colva Roney-Dougal, technology journalist Bill Thompson, Science Museum Curator Tilly Blyth and quantum physicist Jim AlKhalili.

Presenters: Hannah Fry, Adam Rutherford
Producer: Michelle Martin

Main Image: A fan of the New York Yankees holds up a sign which reads "It's Deja Vu" at the Yankee Stadium, New York City 29 Oct 2009. Credit: Jed Jacobsohn / Getty Images
Join or log in to comment
BBC World Serviceadded an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Discovery2 days ago
Professor Ben Garrod and Dr Jess French get under the skin (and blubber) of the California sea lion, to crack the key to its success both on land and at sea. Its ability to dive hundreds of meters down, keep warm in icy waters, and run on land, can all be explained through its unique internal anatomy. They are joined by zookeeper and sea lion trainer Mae Betts, who adds insight into the intelligence of these sleek marine mammals.Co-Presenters: Ben Garrod and Jess French
Executive Producer: Adrian Washbourne
Producer: Ella Hubber
Editor: Martin Smith
Production Co-ordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth
BBC World Serviceadded an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Discovery9 days ago
The tiny sap-sucking aphid, at just a few millimetres long, is the scourge of many gardeners and crop-growers worldwide, spreading astonishingly rapidly and inflicting huge damage as it seeks to outwit many host plants’ natural defences. With insights and guidance from aphid expert George Seddon-Roberts at the John Innes Centre, Norwich, some delicate dissecting tools, and a state of the art microscope, Professor Ben Garrod and Dr Jess French delve inside this herbivorous insect to unravel the anatomy and physiology that’s secured its extraordinary reproductive success, whilst offering new clues as to how we could curtail its damaging impact in the future.Co-Presenters: Ben Garrod and Jess French
Executive Producer: Adrian Washbourne
Producer: Ella Hubber
Editor: Martin Smith
Production Co-ordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth
BBC World Serviceadded an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Discovery15 days ago
Brian Cox presents a tribute to Richard Feynman, widely regarded as the most influential physicist since Einstein.
BBC World Serviceadded an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Discovery15 days ago
Dr Adam Hart explores the remarkable properties of honey, from its basic chemistry to the biological processes that create it.
BBC World Serviceadded an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Discovery15 days ago
We not only live in the atmosphere, we live because of it. It is a transformer and a protector, though ultimately also a poison.
BBC World Serviceadded an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Discovery15 days ago
Medical sleuths in West Africa make startling discoveries that could change child health care worldwide.
BBC World Serviceadded an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Discovery15 days ago
Explorations in the world of science.
BBC World Serviceadded an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Discovery15 days ago
Explorations in the world of science.
BBC World Serviceadded an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Discovery15 days ago
Medical sleuths in West Africa make startling discoveries that could change child health care worldwide.
BBC World Serviceadded an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Discovery15 days ago
Explorations in the world of science.
BBC World Serviceadded an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Discovery15 days ago
Kevin Fong examines the equation that seeks to answer one of the most profound questions in science: Are we alone in the cosmos?
BBC World Serviceadded an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Discovery15 days ago
A second series of public events on the role of science in society, from the BBC World Service with the Wellcome Collection.
BBC World Serviceadded an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Discovery15 days ago
We not only live in the atmosphere, we live because of it. It is a transformer and a protector, though ultimately also a poison.
BBC World Serviceadded an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Discovery15 days ago
Does the head really rule the heart as modern science would tell us? Tim Healey asks if the heart plays a role in our emotions.
BBC World Serviceadded an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Discovery15 days ago
Explorations in the world of science.
BBC World Serviceadded an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Discovery15 days ago
Jason Palmer explores the past, present and future of Seti. In the second programme he looks at what sort of signal might ET send us, and how might we respond?Jason talks to Seti's co-founder Frank Drake as well as its current active researchers, including Seth Shostak, Jill Tartar and Doug Vakoch.
BBC World Serviceadded an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Discovery15 days ago
An increasing understanding of genetics has uncovered new targets for antiviral drug treatments. Although still in the very early stages, scientists say they may be able to develop drug treatments which can be used against a range of viruses. At present antiviral drugs are very specific, usually attacking just one virus. However the research which Kevin Fong examines in this edition of Discovery suggests 'broad spectrum antivirals', drugs capable of curing all viral infections from the common cold to HIV, may be with us in a few years time. Such drugs could revolutionise medicine dealing a blow to viruses in much the same way as the invention of antibiotics did to bacterial infections over the last century.
BBC World Serviceadded an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Discovery15 days ago
Explorations in the world of science.
BBC World Serviceadded an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Discovery15 days ago
Nanoparticles are all around us. What effect could they be having on our environment?
BBC World Serviceadded an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Discovery15 days ago
Explorations in the world of science.
fb2epub
Drag & drop your files (not more than 5 at once)