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Fay Dowker

Michael Berkeley's guest is the theoretical physicist Fay Dowker, who is fascinated by space and time.

Professor Fay Dowker is a theoretical physicist fascinated by space and time. She was obsessed with maths from a young age and went on to study at Cambridge University. There Professor Stephen Hawking became her mentor and a very close friend.

She is currently Professor of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College London where she researches 鈥渜uantum gravity鈥� 鈥� how the force of gravity works on the universe's tiniest particles.

Fay's musical choices include John Coltrane, Shostakovich, Bach and Handel.

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Sun 8 Oct 2023 12:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Air with variations, 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' (Suite No 5 in E major)

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Handel/Scarlatti: Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Hilary Hahn - The Complete Sony Recordings.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Richard Rodgers

    My Favorite Things

    Music Arranger: John Coltrane. Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet.
    • My Favorite Things.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and Fugue in A major, Op 87 No 7

    Performer: Tatiana Nikolayeva.
    • Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87: Tatiana Nicolayeva.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wir setzen uns mit Tr盲nen nieder (St Matthew Passion)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Choir: London Oratory Junior Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach: St. Matthew Passion.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 68.

  • Natalie Merchant

    Which side are you on?

    • The House Carpenter's Daughter.
    • Myth America Records.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Sun 8 Oct 2023 12:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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