Author Archives: Oliver Marsh

Created for and delivered to first year undergraduates on the Bachelor of Arts and Sciences programme at University College, run by Carl Gombrich.  If you wish to use or reproduce please contact me first. Slides here Audio:  

The full slides, script, and recording for presentation given at Science In Public and 4S/EASST.  Please do not use without contacting me first.

The language of social sciences has a problem with right levels of drama.  We reserve the driest of terminology – ‘positivism’, ‘constructivism’, ‘relativism’ – for describing some pretty fundamental human processes of making sense of the world.  We then describe … Continue reading →

I had the wonderful experience of being on the panel for the pilot recording of a new science-ish (emphasis on the ish) comedy podcast ‘Never Explain’.  Future recordings and ticket details here https://scienceshowoff.wordpress.com/2016/04/15/never-explain-podcast-panel-show-recordings-in-may/ . Was a lot of fun, highly recommended. … Continue reading →

Draft of a review I did. May be of interest to those who like popular astronomy, history of popular astronomy, semicolons, and/or bizarrely long sentences. Final version, along with other reviews by some excellent and lovely people, here (behind paywall) … Continue reading →

Originally posted on sidewayslookatscience:
A talk I gave at the Oxford Internet Institute . Thanks to Vili Lehdonvirta for organising, and all the (physical and digital) attendees. Update: At the invitation of Vyacheslav Polonski I went back to OII and…

Delivered at the Royal Institution, London, 14th November 2015. With thanks to Hattie Lloyd for the invitation. More details on the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry here. Slides available here, and half-finished script here. Please contact me … Continue reading →

I helped out with another episode of the Global Lab podcast series. We talk about digital politics, 18th century patronage, and rhinos. It’s all good fun.

The Presentation (including big list of useful resources at the end): SiP Presentation A Useful Bibiliography Internet Research Bibliography A Fun Crowd-Sourced Mock-Up Spreadsheet Mockup IFLS More on my research project and questions (though a little old now) https://sidewayslookatscience.wordpress.com/2014/10/16/one-year-in-research-part-i-giving-birth-to-a-research-project/

A talk I gave at the Oxford Internet Institute . Thanks to Vili Lehdonvirta for organising, and all the (physical and digital) attendees. Update: At the invitation of Vyacheslav Polonski I went back to OII and delivered a second version … Continue reading →