Science Of The Times

Tim and Syma chat with Jamie Woodward, Professor of Physical Geography, at the University of Manchester about the history of our home planet.

They cover 4.5 billion in 30 minutes, discussing snowball earths, the emergence of life, how earth shaped and vice versa, and a little on what the future might hold.

Jamie’s new book “A little history of the earth” is published by Yale and is available from all good booksellers. And Amazon.
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Creators and Guests

Host
Syma Khalid
Professor of Computational Microbiology at University of Oxford
Host
Tim Coulson
Author of The Universal History of Us published by Penguin 2024 Professor of Zoology, University of Oxford EcologyEvolution, Existence, Science
Guest
Jamie Woodward
Professor of Physical Geography in the Department of Geography at The University of Manchester and a member of the Quaternary Environments and Geoarchaeology Research Group. Current research themes include exploring records of human activity in ice age environments, Holocene river environments, Anthropocene rivers and microplastic contamination, geoarchaeology of the Nile Valley, records of Pleistocene glaciation and river behaviour in the Mediterranean mountains.

What is Science Of The Times?

Do you want to learn a little more about topical science findings? Do many of the science stories you hear leave you with unanswered questions? Syma and Tim will discuss in non-technical language and in a fun and engaging style, recently published science findings. Guests will be authors of these papers and will include some of the world’s most exciting scientists who are pushing the frontiers of human knowledge. Covering, among other things, artificial intelligence, the search for alien life, the latest treatments for diseases, quantum computers, the science of football and topics requested by listeners, the half hour episodes will leave listeners feeling a little more knowledgeable about cutting-edge science and how scientists make discoveries.