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, sharing 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'.
Latest episodes
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40 min
A Good Science Read: How our brains make our selves
Professor Dame Uta Frith and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss 'Our Brains Our Selves: what a neurologist’s patients taught him about the brain' by Masud Husain Masud Husain is a…
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40 min
A Good Science Read: How our brains make our selves
Professor Dame Uta Frith and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss Our Brains Our Selves: what a neurologist’s patients taught him about the brain by Masud Husain Professor Dame Uta F…
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37 min
A Good Science Read: 'The Coming Plague' and 'Spike: The Virus vs. The People - the Inside Story'
Georgina Ferry and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss 'The Coming Plague' by Laurie Garrett, and 'Spike: The Virus vs. The People - the Inside Story' by Jeremy Farrar and Anjana Ah…
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37 min
A Good Science Read: the Coming Plagues
Georgina Ferry and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss The Coming Plague by Laurie Garrett and Spike – the virus versus the people by Jeremy Farrar and Anjana Ahuja. Georgina Ferry…
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46 min
A Good Science Read: Masters of Science Writing
Professor Dinah Birch and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss 'The Faber Book of Science' edited by John Carey and 'The Golden Mole and other living treasures' by Katherine Rundell.…
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46 min
A Good Science Read: Masters of Science Writing
Professor Dinah Birch and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss 'The Faber Book of Science' edited by John Carey and 'The Golden Mole and other living treasures' by Katherine Rundell.…
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46 min
A Good Science Read: Masters of Science Writing
Professor Dinah Birch and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss The Faber Book of Science edited by John Carey and The Golden Mole and other living treasures by Katherine Rundell. Pro…
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34 min
A Good Science Read: Metabolism
Professor Tim Coulsen and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss Burn: the Misunderstood Science of Metabolism by Herman Pontzer and Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death b…
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34 min
A Good Science Read: Metabolism
Professor Tim Coulsen and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss 'Burn: the Misunderstood Science of Metabolism' by Herman Pontzer and 'Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Deat…
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46 min
A Good Science Read: 'The Fly Trap' and 'As If Human: AI and Artificial Intelligence'
Professor Sir Charles Godfray and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss The Fly Trap by Fredrik Sjöberg and As if Human: AI and Artificial Intelligence by Neil Shadbolt and Roger Hamp…
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46 min
A Good Science Read: 'The Fly Trap' and 'As If Human: AI and Artificial Intelligence'
Professor Sir Charles Godfray and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss 'The Fly Trap' by Fredrik Sjöberg and 'As if Human: AI and Artificial Intelligence' by Neil Shadbolt and Roger…
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42 min
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 O…
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42 min
A Good Science Read: 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 O…
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42 min
A Good Science Read: 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'…
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45 min
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. Series 2 Episode 8 Entangled Life is fascinati…
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45 min
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. Series 2 Episode 8 Entangled Life is fasci…
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20 min
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. Series 2 Episode 7 Professor Chris Miller and Pr…
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20 min
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. Series 2 Episode 7: The book 'Who We Are and H…
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35 min
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. Pain is a very…
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35 min
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. Pain is a v…