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Revenge of the nerds - how comedians are helping explain the world of science and tech.

Revenge of the nerds - how comedians are helping explain the world of science and tech. Reporter Elizabeth Hotson finds out how people are forging careers from our desire to know how the world works. We get a practical demonstration from Natasha Simons a science performer and writer. Ron Berk, Emeritus Professor at the Johns Hopkins University in Maryland explains why he creates musicals about biostatistics and measurement. Helen Arney, co-founder of the Festival of the Spoken Nerd gives us a taste of science stand-up comedy and Jorge Cham, creator of PhD comics and co-host of the podcast ‘Daniel and Jorge explain the universe’, puts the fun into string theory.

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18 minutes

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Thu 10 Jan 2019 13:32GMT

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  • Thu 10 Jan 2019 08:32GMT
  • Thu 10 Jan 2019 13:32GMT

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