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Quentin Cooper reports on developments across the sciences. Each week scientists describe their work, conveying the excitement they feel for their research projects. In the second of these special... programmes Material world heads to Falmer in Sussex - home of Sussex University. In a programme dedicated to the nature of experimentation, Quentin Cooper asks is it really necessary for a scientific education? According to Erasmus Darwin's definition 'A fool ... is a man who never tried an experiment in his life.' At Sussex there appear to be some such fools, students who are conducting scientific experiments for the very first time.
Quentin Cooper reports on developments across the sciences. Each week scientists describe their work, conveying the excitement they feel for their research projects. In the second of these special... programmes Material world heads to Falmer in Sussex - home of Sussex University. In a programme dedicated to the nature of experimentation, Quentin Cooper asks is it really necessary for a scientific education? According to Erasmus Darwin's definition 'A fool ... is a man who never tried an experiment in his life.' At Sussex there appear to be some such fools, students who are conducting scientific experiments for the very first time.
| Series: | Material World |
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| First transmission date: | 2006-08-10 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC Radio 3 |
| Published: | 2006 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:27:48 |
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| Producer: | Colin Grant |
| Contributors: | Audrey Brown; Quentin Cooper; George Kemenes; Stephen Webster |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Subject terms: | Universities and colleges--Teaching; University of Sussex; Science--Experiments |
| Production number: | AUDA167B |
| Available to public: | no |
