Jameel Sadik "Jim" Al-Khalili CBE FRS FInstP (Arabic: جميل صادق الخليلي; born 20 September 1962) is an Iraqi-British theoretical physicist, author and broadcaster.He is professor of theoretical physics and chair in the public engagement in science at the University of Surrey.He is a regular broadcaster and presenter of science programmes on BBC radio and television, and a ...

Noel Fitzpatrick is an Irish veterinary surgeon, based in Eashing, Surrey who came to prominence through the television programme The Supervet.Originally from Ballyfin, in Laois, Ireland, he moved to Guildford, Surrey, in 1993, where he is director and managing clinician at Fitzpatrick Referrals. His veterinary practice includes two hospitals specialising in orthopaedics …

Dame Lesley Anne Glover DBE FRS FRSE FRSGS FASM (born 19 April 1956) is a Scottish biologist and academic. She was Professor of molecular biology and cell biology at the University of Aberdeen before being named Vice Principal for External Affairs and Dean for Europe. She served as Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission from 2012 to …

Soap is a salt of a fatty acid used in a variety of cleansing and lubricating products. In a domestic setting, soaps are surfactants usually used for washing, bathing, and other types of housekeeping.In industrial settings, soaps are used as thickeners, components of some lubricants, and precursors to catalysts.. When used for cleaning, soap solubilizes particles and …

Viene citato nel libro La fisica del diavolo di Jim Al-Khalili. Nel videogioco Zero time Dilemma, il giocatore si trova ad affrontare una scelta in cui si fa riferimento a questo problema. Nel libro Vuoi scommettere? di Gianfranco Preverino, il problema è descritto come modo per vincere una scommessa. Note

Four more titles were released in 2017 by Jim Al-Khalili (Quantum Mechanics), Steve Jones (Evolution), James Holland (The Battle of Britain) and Ben Saunders (Shackleton). The line was expanded with fifteen further books in 2018 and more titles were published in …

Carolyn Ruth Bertozzi (born October 10, 1966) is an American chemist and Nobel laureate, known for her wide-ranging work spanning both chemistry and biology.She coined the term "bioorthogonal chemistry" for chemical reactions compatible with living systems.Her recent efforts include synthesis of chemical tools to study cell surface sugars called glycans and how they …

Early life and education. Born in Colchester, Essex, Roger Penrose is a son of medical doctor Margaret (Leathes) and psychiatrist and geneticist Lionel Penrose. His paternal grandparents were J. Doyle Penrose, an Irish-born artist, and The Hon. Elizabeth Josephine, daughter of Alexander Peckover, 1st Baron Peckover; his maternal grandparents were physiologist John …

Brian Randolph Greene (born February 9, 1963) is an American theoretical physicist, mathematician, and string theorist.Greene was a physics professor at Cornell University from 1990–1995, and has been a professor at Columbia University since 1996 and chairman of the World Science Festival since co-founding it in 2008. Greene has worked on mirror symmetry, …

Peter Dayan FRS is director at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany.He is co-author of Theoretical Neuroscience, an influential textbook on computational neuroscience.He is known for applying Bayesian methods from machine learning and artificial intelligence to understand neural function and is particularly recognized for relating …