Capturing Moonlight
Astrid Alben explains how only art and science together can help us understand complicated phenomena like moonlight.
Astrid Alben explains how only art and science together can help us appreciate complicated phenomena like moonlight.
Astrid is a poet and founder of the arts and science organisation, the PARS Foundation. In this meditative talk, she explains how bridging the artificial divide between science and the arts leads to a greater understanding of concepts as varied as moonlight, laughter and elasticity.
Producer: Giles Edwards.
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- Wed 22 Feb 2017 20:45BBC Radio 4
- Wed 9 May 2018 12:04BBC Radio 4
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