Turing on the new £50 note, Moon landing on the radio, 25 years since Shoemaker-Levy comet
Code-breaker and father of computer science, Alan Turing has been chosen to celebrate the field of science on the new £50 note. Adam Rutherford asks Chief Cashier at the Bank of England, Sarah Johns how and why he was selected and he asks Sue Black, Professor of Computer Science and Technology Evangelist at Durham…
We score an episode from what we can actually measure — its reach and engagement, what listeners say about it, and what it covers. We don't have those signals for this one yet, so it doesn't get a number.
Buzzmeter says it's buzzing across platforms — the Hive Vote says whether the people who actually listened liked it.
Rate this episode
Add your vote to the Hive — listeners rate every episode after they finish.
- No reviews yet — be the first.
Similar episodes from other shows
More like BBC Inside Science →
Britain’s First Astronaut on the New Race to the Moon | Helen Sharman
Quantum computers are coming - do we need ethical guidelines?
Moon missions, Musk v scientists, sperm and longevity
Anniversary of the Periodic Table
One great episode in your inbox, daily — free.
One email a day, unsubscribe anytime. No spam, ever.