Simon Redfern

Novel Thoughts #4: Simon Redfern on Chinghiz Aitmatov's Jamila

19 June 2015

New film series Novel Thoughts reveals the reading habits of eight Cambridge scientists and peeks inside the covers of the books that have played a major role in their lives. In the fourth film, Professor Simon Redfern talks about how Jamila by Chinghiz Aitmatov made his recent trip to Kazakhstan about more than just rocks.

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Nepal Earthquake 2015 aftermath

Nepal shows its vulnerability after devastating earthquake

27 April 2015

Following the devastating earthquake that struck Nepal this weekend, Simon Redfern, Professor in Earth Sciences at ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge, explains in ̽»¨Ö±²¥Conversation how a combination of factors has come together with fatal consequences.

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