Burning the Books with Richard Ovenden

Radical Science

In this episode we chat to Richard Ovenden OBE, author of Burning the Books: A History of Knowledge Under Attack!

Richard is the Bodley's Librarian at the University of Oxford, and is the the 25th person to hold this post since its creation in 1600. 

  • Burning the Books (2020)
  • Richard's Twitter
  • Richard's article in The Economist on preserving digital information

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