In Our Time Archive: Science
Summary: Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of ideas and the evolution of the sciences - from ancient astronomy to particle physics.
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Podcasts:
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of scientific ideas about Heat. Guests include Simon Schaffer, Hasok Chang and Joanna Haigh.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 18th and 19th century quest for the spark of life. Guests include Patricia Fara, Andrew Mendelsohn and Pietro Corsi.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 18th and 19th century quest for the spark of life. Guests include Patricia Fara, Andrew Mendelsohn and Pietro Corsi.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mathematician Kurt Godel and his work. With guests Marcus du Sautoy, Philip Welch and John Barrow.
Melvyn Bragg examines the destructive career of the Soviet geneticist Trofim Lysenko. With Steve Jones, Robert Service and Catherine Merridale.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the strange mathematics of probability. Guests include Colva Roney Dougal, Marcus du Sautoy and Ian Stewart.
The history of cultural, medical, artistic and philosophical ideas about the human brain. With guests Vivian Nutton, Jonathan Sawday and Marina Wallace.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Isaac Newton’s Laws of Motion. With Simon Schaffer, Rob Iliffe and Raymond Flood.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Victorian ‘enchantress of numbers’ Ada Lovelace. With Patricia Fara, Doron Swade and John Fuegi.
Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the Multiverse. Guests include Martin Rees, Bernard Carr and Fay Dowker.
Melvyn Bragg examines plate tectonics, a theory that transformed our idea of the earth. With guests Richard Corfield, Joe Cann and Lynn Frostick.
Melvyn Bragg discusses the four humours in medical history. With David Wootton, Vivian Nutton and Noga Arikha.
Melvyn Bragg discusses mutation in genetics and evolution. With guests Steve Jones, Linda Partridge and Adrian Woolfson.
Melvyn Bragg discusses the mathematical and cultural mysteries of the Fibonacci Sequence. With Marcus du Sautoy, Jackie Stedall and Ron Knott.
Melvyn Bragg discusses the discovery of Oxygen by Joseph Priestley and Antoine Lavoisier. With Simon Schaffer, Jenny Uglow and Hasok Chang.
