{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Polymath World Channel","title":"Polymath World # Episode 37 - Professor Simon Mitton","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/216c8f72\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2934,"description":"ASTRONOMY AND HISTORYDr Simon Mitton is a Fellow of 3 Royal Societies, a Life Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge University, and an incredible astronomer whose career has spanned one of the greatest eras of astrophysics. He is the biographer and former student of the legendary Sir Fred Hoyle and now is set to release the most comprehensive biography of Georges Lemaitre on the centenary of his most famous paper on the Big Bang. Simon had a front row seat whilst working alongside Hoyle, Stephen Hawking, Lord Martin Rees and many others and it was such a pleasure to recount them with him.The Polymath World Channel brings you interviews with extraordinary researchers and academics working on the frontiers of their disciplines. Meet and hear from scientists, professors, lecturers, researchers, engineers, philosophers and astronauts. Don’t forget to like and subscribe. New episodes every Wednesday.#PolymathWorldChannel #PursueExtraordinary #Astronomy #Astrophysics #CambridgeUniversity #FredHoyle #GeorgesLemaitre #HistoryOfAstronomy #HistoryOfScience #SimonMitton #GeorgeLemaître #ScienceWriting #CosmicMicrowaveBackground #HubbleSpaceTelescope #GravitationalWaves ----------Socials:Spotify:  https://tinyurl.com/PolymathWorldInstagram:  https://www.instagram.com/polymath_sam/Tik Tok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@polymath_samYouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@UCuG7pQHkUJjc9WO56lcW47g LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-mckee/Website:  https://sam-mckee.co.uk/","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/0Y9HSF3RrgII-6ZzBLqMWtX6t2sBkR_JCgByhoVKRRQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kOGQy/Y2Y4YjYzYWJmNzY2/Y2NmYjgxNWE2MjQ1/YzFmZS5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}