JC Niala
Head of Research, Teaching and Collections at the History of Science Museum, University of Oxford; co-host of the Milk on the Move podcast and interviewer on topics around dairy, heritage and science.
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Feb 25, 2026 • 12min
What was Einstein doing in Oxford?
Dr JC Niala, Deputy Director at Oxford's History of Science Museum and museum historian, chats about Einstein's 1931 visit and the famous blackboards with his handwritten equations. Short stories cover why he came to Oxford, the political context, his musical life playing violin locally, Oxford's attempts to keep him, and how the blackboards were preserved (and one accidentally wiped).
