Archive for the 'history' Category

10/12/2011 365 Days of Astronomy Appearance

Friday, December 16th, 2011

The Ordinary Guy has contributed to another 365 Days of Astronomy podcast Aryabhata

100 – The Century – Dr Andrew Prentice and Dr Simon Singh

Monday, August 17th, 2009

The 100th episode of Brains Matter coincides with National Science Week – and to celebrate both the 100th show and National Science week, in this episode, we cover a range of topics. There are two great new interviews, as well as highlights from previous shows. You can go to the original interviews by clicking on […]

Redirect – The Century

Monday, August 17th, 2009

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058 – Geoff Campbell – The genius of Srinivasa Ramanujan

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

In this episode I speak to Dr Geoff Campbell, honorary research fellow from the school of mathematics from La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. Dr Campbell talked to me about Srinivasa Ramanujan, a self-taught mathematical genius from the early part of last century. Download MP3 of Ep 58 Please vote for this podcast this month […]

050 – Fifty years of science

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

In this episode, the last for the year, and also the 50th episode of the show, I go through some of the major achievements and discoveries in science and technology over the past 50 years. The show also features a brain teaser and listener feedback. Download MP3 of Ep50 Please vote for this podcast this […]

Some July science news

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

Saturn moon looks like a sponge (ABC Australia science news) Scientists make landmark DNA discoveries (ABC Australia science news) Vatican reveals Roman necropolis (news.com.au) Mercury probe swings by Venus (Discovery channel) Future universe will ‘stop expanding’ (National Geographic) Lava microbes lived on early earth (Discovery channel) Meditator’s brains seem alert (ABC Australia science news) Earth […]

024 – Indus Valley Civilisation

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

A podcast on the lost knowledge of the Indus Valley Civilisation, looking at the cities of Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa, and Dholavira, a brain teaser, and some listener feedback. Download MP3 of Ep24 Read the episode 24 transcript Please vote for this podcast this month at You can donate by clicking on the button above, and subscribe […]

On this day…

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

Albert Einstein dies in 1955

On this day…

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

Albert Einstein dies in 1955

023 – Dimitri Mendeleev

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

Dimitri Mendeleev – the father of the periodic table that we all come across in Chemistry. Who was he, and where did he come from? Download MP3 of Ep23 Read the episode 23 transcript Please vote for this podcast this month at You can donate by clicking on the button above, and subscribe by subscribing […]