The Science of Everyday Life
The Infinite Monkey Cage
BBC
4.7 • 9.4K Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2017
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
The Science of Everyday Life Robin Ince and Brian Cox return for a new series. They are joined on stage, at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, by comedian Russell Kane, physicist Helen Czerski and engineer Danielle George as they discuss the science to be discovered in everyday life. They discover how the humble cup of tea displays fundamental laws of nature that also govern our climate. How dropping raisins in a bottle of lemonade reveal how the Titanic sunk, and a robot orchestra, created from household objects, plays some familiar tunes. PRODUCER: Alexandra Feachem.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Robin in and I'm Frank ox and in the moment you're going to be hearing me saying hello |
| 0:03.9 | I'm Robin in and I'm Frank ox because this is the longer version of the infinite monkey cage |
| 0:08.9 | This is the podcast version which is normally somewhere between 12 and 17 minutes longer than that that is broadcast on radio |
| 0:16.6 | For it's got all the bits that we couldn't fit in with Brian over explaining ideas of physics |
| 0:21.4 | I do object to the use of the word longer though because that's obviously a frame specific state |
| 0:26.8 | We haven't got time to deal with that because even in the longer version we can't have a longer intro |
| 0:30.1 | Can we let them listen? I don't have an idea coming to have a podcast version of this intro to the podcast |
| 0:34.9 | Which can be longer than the intro to the podcast? |
| 0:36.9 | Yeah, and then we can have a podcast version of the podcast intro |
| 0:39.4 | The podcast started by now, but if you're still hearing this and I'm what's going on? |
| 0:42.4 | And then we can have a podcast podcast podcast version of the podcast and then you can |
| 0:45.5 | Hello, I'm Robin in and I'm Frank ox and today's infinite monkey cage comes from the museum of science and industry in Manchester |
| 0:51.7 | Now on first look today subject looks like one of the few sciences that Brian is actually rubbish at because we're looking at domestic science |
| 0:58.8 | And anyone here who has tried Brian's flapjacks will know they are extremely |
| 1:03.3 | disappointing and overly dense |
| 1:06.6 | So anyway sadly tonight it's not about that form of domestic science |
| 1:10.5 | So domestic science we're going to talk about will have no recipe hints apart from those which are directly linked to Archimedes entropy and |
| 1:16.9 | Electrons so back on save crown to Brian Cox |
| 1:19.6 | The objects you encounter in your home obey the same laws of physics as Higgs boson neutron stars and lasers and as such |
| 1:25.6 | They offer a deep insight into the fundamental workings of the natural world |
| 1:30.0 | So I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of those who are listening who have a very messy house |
| 1:35.7 | Well done you were allowing your house to evolve in accord with the second law of thermodynamics whilst those |
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