Hi, it's Nicola Cochlin. Young people have been making history for years, but we don't often hear about them. My brand new series on BBC Sounds sets out to put this right. In history's youngest heroes, I'll be revealing the fascinating stories of 12 young people who've played a major role in history and who've helped shape our world. Like Audrey Hepburn, Nelson Mandela,

Louis Braille and Lady Jane Grey, history's youngest heroes with me, Nicola Cochlin. Listen on BBC Sounds.

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Linda Davies, and I commissioned podcasts for BBC Sounds.

As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality, featuring the most

knowledgeable experts and genuinely engaging voices. What you may not know is that the BBC makes

podcasts about all kinds of things, like pop stars, poltergeists, cricket, and conspiracy theories.

And that's just a few examples.

If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected,

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Thanks for downloading a good read on the Books and Authors podcast. Find more information on our website at BBC.com.com.uk slash radio four.

Hello, welcome to a good read where I'm joined by two rather different journalist authors, Michelle Hanson and Roger Highfield.

As a young practising scientist, Roger was the first

person to bounce a neutron off a soap bubble, which sounds like fun, but is apparently a serious

matter in the world of neutrons scattering. He went on to become for two decades science editor

of the Daily Telegraph, then editor of new scientist, and today he is Director of External Affairs at the Science Museum Group.

He still writes a column for the Telegraph.

He's also written seven books, of which the most recent, co-authored with Harvard Professor Martin Novak, is Super Cooperators.

He's currently editing a book by the American Genome Pioneer Craig Venter.

Roger, welcome to the programme.

Great to be here.

And welcome to Michelle Hansen.

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