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Jimena Canales

Associate Professor of the History of Science

 

The Forum

BBC World Service
Originally Broadcast 29/08/2010

 

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Synopsis:

The thin line between fact and fiction is the theme for the programme - guest presented by Philippe Sands, celebrated barrister and Professor of International Law at University College London.

French neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene explains the amazing feat of reading which starts with our eyes splitting each word into thousands of fragments.

Award winning Danish writer Carsten Jensen on how his sea faring novel reaches truth with the help of a lie, and how fiction can replace documentary facts.

And the Mexican historian of science Jimena Canales on why our perceptions are always a tenth of a second behind the world, and what we should do about it. Decoding sound and meaning when we read and tell stories in a tenth of a second


Picture by Emily Kasriel




 

 

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