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#Science of #Silicon avec la #MonicaGrady

Silicon
In Our Time

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the physics, biology and chemistry of the element silicon which is at the heart of some of the most useful and beautiful objects on the planet. While it is still being created throughout the universe, the silicon we have here was made billions of years ago in dying stars. In its compounds we have long used silicon for glass and, more recently, purified silicon has become the foundation of modern electronics. Perhaps less appreciated is the role silicon compounds play in the biology of life on Earth, on the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the cycling of elements between land, oceans and atmosphere that sustains us.

With

Kate Hendry
Oceanographer at the British Antarctic Survey and Bye-Fellow of Queen’s College, University of Cambridge

Andrea Sella
Professor of Chemistry at University College London

And

Monica Grady
Professor Emerita in Planetary and Space Sciences at the Open University

Produced by Martha Owen

Reading list:

Christina De La Rocha and Daniel J. Conley, Silica Stories (Springer, 2017)

Bernard Quéguiner, The Biogeochemical Cycle of Silicon in the Ocean (John Wiley & Sons, 2016)

In Our Time is a BBC Studios Production

Spanning history, religion, culture, science and philosophy, In Our Time from BBC Radio 4 is essential listening for the intellectually curious. In each episode, host Misha Glenny and expert guests explore the characters, events and discoveries that have shaped our world.

#BBCRadio4 #BBCInOurTime #MelvynBragg #WorthySuccessor #MishaGlenny

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002t2v2

Melvyn Bragg has left some really big shoes for Misha Glenny to fill 😬:

“Misha Glenny To present BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time” [2025], BBC (https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2025/misha-glenny-in-our-time-bbc-radio-4).

#BBC #MelvynBragg #InOurTime #Succession #Podcasts #Radio

Melvyn Bragg has left some really big shoes for Misha Glenny to fill 😬:

“Misha Glenny To present BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time” [2025], BBC (https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2025/misha-glenny-in-our-time-bbc-radio-4).

#BBC #MelvynBragg #InOurTime #Succession #Podcasts #Radio

Melvyn Bragg has left some really big shoes for Misha Glenny to fill 😬:

“Misha Glenny To present BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time” [2025], BBC (https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2025/misha-glenny-in-our-time-bbc-radio-4).

#BBC #MelvynBragg #InOurTime #Succession #Podcasts #Radio

Melvyn Bragg has left some really big shoes for Misha Glenny to fill 😬:

“Misha Glenny To present BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time” [2025], BBC (https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2025/misha-glenny-in-our-time-bbc-radio-4).

#BBC #MelvynBragg #InOurTime #Succession #Podcasts #Radio

Melvyn Bragg has left some really big shoes for Misha Glenny to fill 😬:

“Misha Glenny To present BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time” [2025], BBC (https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2025/misha-glenny-in-our-time-bbc-radio-4).

#BBC #MelvynBragg #InOurTime #Succession #Podcasts #Radio

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/05/the-guardian-view-on-in-our-time-melvyn-bragg-has-proved-that-media-can-be-both-serious-and-popular

When I feel sad and angry about the BBC's willingness to be Nigel Farage's megaphone, I try to save myself from plunging into despair by remembering the kind of broadcasting which Melvyn Bragg exemplifies.

#UKMedia #BBC #NigelFarage #MelvynBragg

Melvyn Bragg steps down from presenting In Our Time

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/melvyn-bragg-decides-to-step-down-from-presenting-in-our-time/

#HackerNews #MelvynBragg #InOurTime #BBC #News #MediaTransition #Broadcasting

Fabulous #sciencecommunication from @BBCRD - #InOurTime slot ranges across so many subject areas, but #MelvynBragg seems to have the knack for #LifeSciences
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002691y?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

@energiepirat @si_irini @2ndStar @mina @evelynefoerster @sil

(2/2)

...noch jemand, von dem meist nur #Historiker wissen, [Tommelwirbel], den #Mönch #Alcuin of #York,
der überragende Berater von #KarlDemGrossen. Er reformierte die damalige #Bildungssprache #Latein und goss sie in die weitestgehend noch heute gebräuchliche Form.

Nachzuhören in diesem genialen Beitrag von #MelvynBragg der #BBC-Serie, #InOutTime:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dqy8

Alternativ:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5U2zgijDoExtdHD7aFj19t

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‘I’d been fired once; it didn’t hurt’: #MelvynBragg on breakdowns, bust ups and 1,000 episodes of #InOurTime - https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/sep/15/melvyn-bragg-1000th-episode-in-our-time-interview #PublicServiceBroadcasting #Radio #Podcast #BBC

John David Rhodes
Stella Bruzzi
Ian Christie
and #MelvynBragg
somehow manage to discuss
#CitizenKane for 54 mins
without mentioning
HOW it was conceived
WHO actually scripted it
and WHY Mank used
#Rosebud 🥀🛷
as his Rosetta Stone.
#OrsonWelles #movies #1940s
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001g37l

https://t.co/8hMBvWlsn9 Prof Karen O'Brien, Prof Fiona Stafford and Paddy Bullard on #BBCInOurTime with #MelvynBragg Thu 22 Dec 9am #BBCRadio4, then #BBCSounds discussing #JaneAusten's #Persuasion. A pre-#Christmas treat. Only the #bbc does this. Free to hear, funded by <44p a day per household licence fee. Because we’re worth it. “My idea of good company..is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of #conversation..”

Listened to a brilliant “In Our Time” from ⁦@[email protected]⁩ today on way to/from work. “The Fish - Tetrapod Transition”. Great explanation of a fascinating period in evolution #inourtime #melvynbragg #bbc https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/in-our-time/id73330895?i=1000583020310