Problems and the ideas that solve them
Posted on: Sun 19 Jul 2020
World-renowned physicist, and best-selling author, Professor Paul Davies, takes us from dark energy to the Higgs boson, from cancer folklore to synthetic biology, arguing that some ideas languish in obscurity until, decades later, they burst into relevance and provide answers that transform human existence.
Policy adviser Andrew Wear talks about his book Solved in which he examines what has worked around the world and how the lessons can be applied at home to problems long thought to be insoluble.
Paul Davies audio courtesy of the Adelaide Festival of Ideas archive.
