Steph is a physicist and former secondary school physics teacher who studied both physics and music at university — and now works at the intersection of the two, exploring why sound, maths, and worship are more connected than most people assume.
In this episode of "What Scientists Do Want You To Know", hosts Rachel and Baty sit down with Steph to unpack how the physics of sound underpins music across every culture, why she sees scientific research as its own form of worship, and the uncomfortable data behind why girls consistently outperform boys in physics - and still walk away from it.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 — Introducing "What Scientists Do Want You To Know" with physicist Steph
00:45 — Why she hated physics — until the maths of sound found her
02:46 — The octave: the maths hiding inside every worship song
04:50 — Is scientific research its own form of worship?
05:59 — Girls outperform boys in physics. So why don't they choose it?
07:38 — Beyond gender: physics' class problem
08:28 — How the same narrative holds boys back too
09:54 — Steph's closing challenge to the next generation
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