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Talk: Humour In Science

by Len Fisher | 1 May 2012 | Think Like a Scientist: Media and Writing

Cambridge University Scientific Society A funny thing happened on the way to the lab…It would be more correct to say that a funny thing happened IN the lab, because jokes (practical and otherwise), facetious suggestions and general playfulness have been the...

Handling Complex Situations in Real Life

by Len Fisher | 27 Jan 2012 | Planning for Life's Crises: Media and Writing

Heron Island Complex Systems Summer School, 16–27 January, 2012 (Heron Island, Queensland, Australia) “Business is arguably the human enterprise that drives our use (and abuse) of natural resources more than any other activity. Business and the biosphere are...

Game Theory in Real Life

by Len Fisher | 30 Sep 2011 | Game Theory & You: Media and Writing, Think Like a Scientist: Media and Writing

Regensburg, Germany, 29–30 September 2011 Introductory Talk at Interdisciplinary Symposium “Ultimate and proximate determinants of aggression in man (and other primates)”
A Random Walk Through Science

A Random Walk Through Science

by Len Fisher | 1 Aug 2006 | Think Like a Scientist: Media and Writing

University of Singapore, August 2006 A talk to first-year students at the beginning of their scientific careers What is science about? What do scientists do? Dr Len Fisher takes us on a tour that encompasses biology, physics, chemistry and mathematics, showing how...
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,...
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