I learnt from Today this week that there is only one scientist in the House of Commons. Step forward Dr Julian Huppert. He’s an expert in G-quadruplex nucleic acids, don’t you know.
In tribute to Julian, stimulated by Radio Three – bless them – playing this song today, here is Daniel Radcliffe’s party piece. It’s Tom Lehrer’s Elements Song. Then, just below, is a three year old doing the same ditty, and finally, the Lehrermeister himself doing it brilliantly. As a bonus, at the bottom, it is Tom Lehrer’s dark comedic take on the 1960s Cold War nuclear face-off, “We’ll all go together when we go”.
Tom Lehrer is a Harvard mathematician.
And a big shout out to Gilbert and Sullivan.
Mrs Thatcher is 86.
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June 24, 2012 at 7:26 pm
I do believe our pianist can play the tune