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The science of rap 23/9/2008
A postgraduate student at the University of Glamorgan is using his love of rap music to make science easier for the public to understand.
Jonathan Chase, 28, studies Science Communication. His raps have become so popular that he was commissioned by NASA in New York to come up with an Astrobiology Rap for the latest edition of NASA's Astrobiology Magazine European Edition.
The rap has also been a hit on YouTube with over 10,000 hits from across the world in the last few weeks.
"Rap and hip hop music is my passion and I had the idea of combining it with science to make basic scientific ideas more accessible," said Jonathan.
"Being commissioned by NASA to produce the Astrobiology Rap was a great compliment and I am delighted with its success. I hope that I can continue to create these raps to address the various aspects of science."
This week he will perform his rap at the Science Museum in London.
Jon has undergraduate degrees in both Aerospace Engineering, and Science and Science Fiction.
Professor Mark Brake who leads the Science Communication course at the University said, "Jon's approach is light-hearted, informative, and entertaining.
"It uses rap in story form. Just as science fiction narrative comments on the world through a hard or soft science lens, rap comments on the world through a hard or soft emotional lens."
You can hear the rap on the link below
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