How Does Chemistry Shape our World? With Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu
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Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm producer Mia Serenti. How does chemistry shape our world? Chemistry is everywhere, from cosmetics and the clothes we wear to life-saving medicines and even kitchen experiments. Chemical processes are all around us, defining our interactions.
with the world we live in. In this episode, Professor Dame Ijoma Achebo, president of Wolfson College at the University of Cambridge, joins Helen Chersky, physicist and broadcaster to discuss her book, Chain Reaction, The Wondrous Chemistry of Everyday Life. Together they explore our complex relationship with plastics. the fact that synthetic products are not always harmful and natural ones not always safe, and the ways machine learning could transform chemical testing and revolutionize the development of new medicines. Let's join our host Helen Chersky now with more.
Welcome to Intelligence Squared. I'm Professor Helen Chersky and today I am delighted to be talking to Professor Dame Ijioma Uchekbu. She has all sorts of titles. She is Professor of pharmaceutical nanoscience at University College London and the president of Wolson College at the University of Cambridge.
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