Prof Susan Greenfield
Monday 12 May 2008 21:15-22:00 (Radio 3)
In a programme-length interview, Kenan Malik talks to neuroscientist Prof Susan Greenfield. In her role as director of the Royal Institution, a body dedicated to scientific research and education, she has presided over an extensive revamp of it, with the aim of bringing the public closer to science.
As well as discussing her passion for democratising science, she talks about the questions raised in her new book ID: The Quest for Identity in the 21st Century, in which she argues that our individuality faces an increasing threat from new technologies.
Susan Greenfield
Susan Greenfield 
Playlist
Susan Greenfield
Nightwaves takes place at the Royal Institution in London, where Kenan Malik talks to its director Susan Greenfield. She's often described as Britain's most famous woman scientist. A neuroscientist who has spent much of her working life researching degenerative diseases of the brain, such as Alzheimer's. The Royal Institution, of which she has been director for ten years, is the oldest independent research body in the world. Within the building's walls ten chemical elements have been discovered and 14 Nobel prizes won. Kenan went down to the Royal Institution to meet her, look around, and talk about - among other things - what identity in the twenty-first century might mean, the continuing challenges for women pursuing a career in science and the relationship between science and the public.
For more information on the Royal Institution of Great Britain, click here
