Is 'Boffin' a Dirty Word? - Sixty Symbols

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We discuss a campaign to stop scientists being called "boffins". More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Featuring University of Nottingham scientists Phil Moriarty, Martyn Poliakoff, Emma Chapman, and Oliver Gould. Here is the Institute of Physics "Bin the Boffin" campaign - https://www.iop.org/strategy/limit-less/bin-the-boffin And the Daily Star's response: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/eggheads-want-term-boffin-banned-29574611 Brady's other science-based video channels include: Periodic Videos (chemistry): https://www.youtube.com/user/periodicvideos Deep Sky Videos (astronomy): https://www.youtube.com/user/DeepSkyVideos Numberphile (mathematics): https://www.youtube.com/user/numberphile Objectivity (history of science): https://www.youtube.com/c/objectivityvideos Computerphile (computer science): https://www.youtube.com/user/Computerphile This project features scientists from The University of Nottingham - http://bit.ly/NottsPhysics Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sixtysymbols Sixty Symbols videos by Brady Haran With thanks to AP Archive: https://www.ap.org/content/archive http://www.bradyharanblog.com Email list: http://eepurl.com/YdjL9

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