15/07/2013
JK Rowling unmasked by Oxford don as author of new crime novel; the secret life of Uri Geller; science chat with Steve Mould and Yan Wong in Bacon's Theory.
Oxford professor Peter Millican explains to Richard how he discovered JK Rowling was the true author of the crime novel The Cuckoo's Calling, and crime writer Val McDermid says she was among those who'd been taken in by the writer's pseudonym.
Oscar winning film maker Vikram Jayanti explains his belief that Uri Geller's powers went far beyond bending spoons to using his psychic powers to help the secret services, including secretly briefing the US on the Soviet Union's psychic capabilities
And Steve Mould & Yan Wong join Richard to answer listeners' burning science questions and discuss some of the week's science news stories in Bacon's Theory.
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- Mon 15 Jul 2013 14:00成人快手 Radio 5 Live