The Global Lab Episode 14 – Jon Reades - a podcast by The Global Lab

Today, Martin debates the use of the word ‘geek’, Hannah discusses the theory behind supermarket queues and our guest Jon Reades explains how data can help us improve our social, business & transport networks, and why we should all start shredding our rubbish.

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Here are links to some of the topics we discussed on the show...

Alice Roberts kicks off the geek debate.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9030938/Alice-Roberts-hits-out-at-science-geeks.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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You can find Martin’s blogpost on the word ‘Geek’ here. Feel free to awe at its brilliance.
http://sociablephysics.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/why-i-do-not-self-identify-as-a-geek/

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The #IamScience hashtag. Beware - link contains references to drink, drugs and other naughty stuff.
http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/iamscience-embracing-personal-experience-on-our-rise-through-science/

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Hannah geeks out at a maths paper on the time to board an aeroplane:
http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevE.85.011130

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Link to 12 great visualisations that changed history:
http://owni.eu/2012/01/26/12-great-visualizations-that-made-history/

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You can visit Jon Reades website http://www.reades.com/ or follow him on twitter @jreades.

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Hannah Fry is a research associate in CASA; her website is http://HannahFry.co.uk and she is called @FryRSquared on twitter.
Martin Zaltz Austwick is a lecturer at CASA; his website is http://SociablePhysics.com and his twittername, conveniently, is @SociablePhysics.

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