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#2 All about alliances: human, biological and atomic
New Scientist Escape Pod
English - January 26, 2021 17:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MB - ★★★★ - 8 ratingsScience science journalism news positivity escape space environment animals mind games Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The theme of this episode is alliances - human, biological and atomic. We start by celebrating the amazing properties of lichen, the symbiotic relationships it forms, how it shaped the earth and simply how beautiful it is to look at. Then we explore how carbon is able to create such an incredibly diverse range of materials, including soot, diamonds and graphite. We wrap up by delving into the life of renowned Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős, the world’s greatest human alliance maker, who wrote research papers with over 500 mathematicians. On the pod are Rowan Hooper, Anna Demming and Timothy Revell. Find out more at newscientist.com/podcasts
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