The Museum of Revelatory Fakes (MoRF) | 05 M Poliakoff on D Jones cover art

The Museum of Revelatory Fakes (MoRF) | 05 M Poliakoff on D Jones

The Museum of Revelatory Fakes (MoRF) | 05 M Poliakoff on D Jones

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 Sociologist PATRICIA KINGORI, Professor of Global Health Ethics at the WELLCOME CENTRE FOR ETHICS & HUMANITIES (ETHOX), UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (www.ndph.ox.ac.uk/team/patricia-kingori) in conversation with British chemist PROFESSOR SIR MARTYN POLIAKOFF (royalsociety.org/people/martyn-poliakoff-12107/) about his friendship with physical chemist and writer DAVID JONES (www.theguardian.com/science/2017/au…-jones-obituary), famous for his spoof ‘Daedalus’ columns for the New Scientist and developer of a 'fake' perpetual motion machine, whose secret David Jones – tantalisingly - never revealed. MoRF is an exciting collaboration between ETHOX (www.ethox.ox.ac.uk) and award-winning visual and conceptual artist AL HOPWOOD (www.arhopwood.com/morf), with support from TORCH, THE OXFORD RESEARCH CENTRE IN THE HUMANITIES (www.torch.ox.ac.uk). MUSIC: Bela Bartok, Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124: Fuga, performed by Gyorgy Pauk, and licensed courtesy of Naxos Music UK. PODCAST COVER: Al Hopwood (www.arhopwood.com/morf)
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