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Does Size Matter?
Robin Ince and Brian Cox are joined on stage by comedian Andy Hamilton to discuss whether size matters? Material scientist Mark Miodownik and bioengineer Eleanor Stride also join the panel to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of being really huge, or extremely small, and why if you wanted to be a truly effective super hero, then being really really tiny is probably the greatest superpower you could have. Producer: Alexandra Feachem.
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Does Size Matter?
The Infinite Monkey Cage Series 6
Taking a witty, irreverent and unashamedly rational look at the world according to science. Andy Hamilton joins presenters Robin Ince and Brian Cox to discuss whether size matters.
Robin Ince and Brian Cox are joined on stage by comedian Andy Hamilton to discuss whether size matters? Material scientist Mark Miodownik and bioengineer Eleanor Stride also join the panel to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of being really huge, or extremely small, and why if you wanted to be a truly effective super hero, then being really really tiny is probably the greatest superpower you could have.
Producer: Alexandra Feachem.
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23:00
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