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The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry: Series 11-15

Author
Adam Rutherford
Narrator
Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry
Co-Author
Hannah Fry
Length
6 hours 28 minutes
Publisher
BBC Digital; 2021
Catalogue Number
18963
Synopsis

Inquisitive investigators Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry are back to crack open another batch of baffling cases sent in by the great British public.

Using the power of science, they find the surprising solutions to tricky questions such as 'Is anything really random'?, 'Why do we have hangovers?', 'Is hypnotism real?' and 'How do you make gold?' 

As broadcast on BBC Radio, these 29 episodes encompass classic cosmic conundrums - including whether there is intelligent alien life out there, if infinity exists, and how wormholes could allow us to time-travel - as well as probing more down-to-earth human quirks like our differing pain thresholds, our attraction to 'bad' foods like chips and chocolate, and our varied regional accents.