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Roger
Highfield
Roger Highfield: 80 per cent executive at the National Museum of Science and Industry / 20 per cent author, journalist and broadcaster.
Views expressed here are 100 per cent his own.
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Here are a few of my latest articles. There are more in my archive.
19
Jan
Leading contemporaries pay tribute to Stephen Hawking
As part of the Science Museum's celebration of Stephen Hawking's 70th birthday, leading contemporaries have paid tribute to his remarkable impact on the field of cosmology.
17
Jan
Life is like Lego - only better
The natural world is constructed of blocks, and, like the building kit, relies on a small variety of pieces to make complex objects.
15
Jan
What is your favourite deep, elegant or beautiful explanation?
General relativity is one example of a beautiful explanation of the way nature works.
03
Jan
Stephen Hawking: driven by a cosmic force of will
Roger Highfield meets Prof Stephen Hawking, whose life and work is to be celebrated in a 70th birthday exhibition.
01
Jan
The Greatest Invention is the Scientific Method
Roger Highfield argues that the modern scientific method, an unending dialogue between theory and experiment, is the mother of all invention
26
Dec
The Science of Christmas
The Infinite Monkeys Robin Ince and Brian Cox are in a festive mood as they discuss the science of Christmas with special guests biologist Richard Dawkins, actor and writer Mark Gatiss and science journalist Roger Highfield.
20
Dec
Neuromarketing: reading our festive desires
Tapping into the unconscious minds of shoppers could give an insight into the seasonal spree, writes Roger Highfield.
14
Dec
The Brian Cox effect?
Celebrating 10 years of free entry to national museums, we're featuring guest blogs from across the wide range of DCMS-sponsored museums
07
Dec
Epic landscape with guano promises new age of wealth
A rise in the price of synthetic fertilisers and the boom in organic foods have renewed interest in guano, a traditional, sustainable fertiliser that is abundant here on Isla Guanape Norte
06
Dec
The perfect present - a 3D printer
The next industrial revolution could be upon us as machines that create items in plastic or concrete become ever cheaper, writes Roger Highfield.