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A Dunkable Delight, the Sweet Potato Biscuit

by Len Fisher | 31 Aug 2009 | Food & Gastronomy: Media and Writing, Think Like a Scientist: Media and Writing

Daily Mail (London) (and many other newspapers) Felice Tocchini has created a biscuit which he claims can survive up to a minute in a hot drink before disintegrating into a sodden mess. This smashes the current record of 25.5 seconds for a chocolate digestive…The...

Radio Interview: Weighing the Soul

by Len Fisher | 2 Feb 2005 | Think Like a Scientist: Media and Writing

Late Night Live, ABC Radio National, Australia Mathematician, chemist, writer and broadcaster, Len Fisher, explains how scientists think about the everyday world, with some of the human stories behind scientific facts. The well known author of How to Dunk a...
How to Dunk a Doughnut: The Science of Everyday Life

How to Dunk a Doughnut: The Science of Everyday Life

by Len Fisher | 26 Nov 2003 | Food & Gastronomy: Media and Writing, Think Like a Scientist: Media and Writing

Millenium Lecture, University of Bath Len Fisher, an Honorary Research Fellow in the Physics Department at Bristol University, has drawn wide-spread media attention in recent years for his unusual applications of science to everyday activities such as biscuit dunking,...

The Image of Science

by Len Fisher | 30 Nov 2002 | Think Like a Scientist: Media and Writing

New Statesman, November 2002 I recently walked into my village post office carrying a copy of “New Scientist”. Our village postmaster took one look at the magazine and burst out ” ‘New Scientist!’ Making atom bombs in your bathroom, har,...

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