Uncertainty
Astrophysicist Chris Lintott; entrepreneur Margaret Heffernan; economist Liam Halligan, historian Tim Garton Ash; Victoria Donovan, professor of Ukrainian and East European Studies
Anne McElvoy and guests discuss the issue of uncertainty from scientific discovery and the space race to the shifting geopolitical landscape and how it can act as a catalyst for creativity. She's joined by the entrepreneur and author of Embracing Uncertainty, Margaret Heffernan, journalist and economist Liam Halligan, Astrophysicist Chris Lintott who also presents The Sky at Night, historian Timothy Garton Ash and Professor Victoria Donovan and author of Life in Spite of Everything: Tales from the Ukrainian East.
Producer: Lisa Jenkinson
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- Fri 7 Mar 2025 21:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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