Simon Schaffer

7 Podcast Episodes

H4F talk with Simon Schaffer: How did we get here? (S01E01)

H4F talk with Simon Schaffer: How did we get here? (S01E01)

To kickstart the series, H4F are joined by Simon Schaffer for our topic - how and what can we learn from history about c... Read more

24 Sep 2021

19mins

Panel Discussion 2 | with Tim Lenton, Sébastien Dutreuil, Simon Schaffer

Panel Discussion 2 | with Tim Lenton, Sébastien Dutreuil, Simon Schaffer

Critical Zones | Streamingfestival The exhibition »Critical Zones – Observatories for Earthly Politics« is about the cri... Read more

1 Sep 2020

1hr 13mins

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The Universe Speaks in Numbers: Simon Schaffer interviewed by Graham Farmelo

The Universe Speaks in Numbers: Simon Schaffer interviewed by Graham Farmelo

Science writer Graham Farmelo in conversation with Simon Schaffer. Simon Schaffer is not only a leading historian of sci... Read more

2 Sep 2019

33mins

Prof. Simon Schaffer: Isaac Newton (1684)

Prof. Simon Schaffer: Isaac Newton (1684)

The Magical Mathematician: Sir Isaac Newton and the Principia Mathematica On a frozen January day in 1684 three friends ... Read more

5 Feb 2019

45mins

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Simon Schaffer - Soft Matter and Mobile Objects

Simon Schaffer - Soft Matter and Mobile Objects

Simon Schaffer (University of Cambridge)Soft matter and mobile objects

4 Jan 2016

45mins

Simon Schaffer on humans, apes and Carl Linnaeus

Simon Schaffer on humans, apes and Carl Linnaeus

Simon Schaffer is interested in the human species in general and one member of it in particular. Carl Linnaeus was a Swe... Read more

20 Jan 2015

13mins

Historian Simon Schaffer on Beauty and Evolution

Historian Simon Schaffer on Beauty and Evolution

Historian of science Simon Schaffer is interested in the purpose of beauty within evolutionary explanations. Taking the ... Read more

20 Nov 2014

12mins

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