1. Nonscience: How to Rule the World | Prof. Brian J. Ford
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Brian J Ford is a well-respected research scientist, BBC broadcaster, world-wide lecturer and author with books out in over 140 editions. His original Nonscience dates from 1971, and caused a sensation. It was translated, featured on television, and enthusiastically reviewed. To celebrate its fiftieth birthday has been expanded, with loads of amusing new pictures and amusing information . It is available here: https://amzn.to/342F8Rb.
The video podcast is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/egecP22eS1s
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1. 1. Nonscience: How to Rule the World | Prof. Brian J. Ford (00:00:00)
2. History of plagiarism in science (00:01:29)
3. Isaac Newton plagiarized Robert Hooke (00:04:38)
4. Charles Darwin did not come up with the Theory of Evolution (00:05:11)
5. Watson and Crick did not discover DNA (00:11:32)
6. Prof. Brian J. Ford, the Royal Society, and plagiarism (00:15:33)
7. The Leeuwenhoek microscope (00:22:37)
8. Resolution of the Leeuwenhoek microscope (00:24:55)
9. Nonscience update (00:29:56)
10. Experts (00:33:54)
11. Astronomy (00:38:06)
12. Life on Venus? (00:39:21)
13. Does correlation imply causation? (00:41:38)
14. First image of a black hole (00:42:57)
15. Amazon: the lungs of the world (00:46:40)
16. Is plastic bad? (00:55:06)
17. CERN (01:01:00)
18. University degrees (01:10:05)
19. How to get a research grant (01:18:11)
20. Titles (01:25:02)
21. Change your name! (01:26:10)
22. Artificial Intelligence: The Ford Test. (01:28:50)
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