About this episode

The episode discusses the concept of building a warp drive with insights from leading astrophysicists and educators.

Guests: Dr. Katy Clough, Astrophysicist at Queen Mary University of London Annie Curtis Body Research Lecturer in RCSI Shane Bergin, Physicist & Assistant Prof in Science Education at UCD

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan McCrea

Guests: Dr. Katy Clough, Annie Curtis, Shane Bergin

Topics covered

• warp drive
• astrophysics
• science education
• space travel
• research

Keywords

• warp drive
• astrophysics
• space travel
• science education
• research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Queen Mary University of London, RCSI, UCD

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