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In Our Time: Science

Scientific principles, theory, and the role of key figures in the advancement of science.

Episodes

Total: 292

Zero

2004/5/13

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the number between 1 and -1, which has strange and un

Hysteria

2004/4/22

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a problematic notion which can be an emotional condition, a syndrome

Theories of Everything

2004/3/25

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 30 year search to solve all the biggest questions in physics. At

Dreams

2004/3/4

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the interpretation of dreams. Over a hundred years ago, Sigmund Freu

Rutherford

2004/2/19

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Ernest Rutherford. He was the father of nuclear science, a great cha

Cryptography

2004/1/29

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origins and history of codes. In October 1586, in the forbidding

Melvyn Bragg discusses Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, the 18th century French scientist.Charles Darwin defin

Ageing the Earth

2003/11/20

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the age of the Earth. It was once thought that the world began in 40

Infinity

2003/10/23

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the nature and existence of mathematical infinity. Jonathan Swift en

Maxwell

2003/10/2

Melvyn Bragg and guests discusses the life and ideas of James Clerk Maxwell whose work is not widely

Nature

2003/7/10

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the attempt to define humanity’s part in the natural world. In Child

Vulcanology

2003/7/3

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the formation of volcanoes. In 79AD Mount Vesuvius erupted on the Ba

The Lunar Society

2003/6/5

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Lunar Society. In the late 18th century, with the ascendant Brit

Memory

2003/5/29

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the function and significance of memory. The great writer of remembr

Blood

2003/5/22

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss blood. For more than 1500 years popular imagination, western science

The Life of Stars

2003/3/27

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life cycle of stars. In his poem Bright Star John Keats wrote, "

Meteorology

2003/3/6

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss meteorology. The Book of Genesis resounds with a terrible act of ven

Chance and Design

2003/2/13

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the theories of a grand design in the universe. The late evolutionar

The Calendar

2002/12/19

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the calendar, which shapes the lives of millions of people. It is an

Man and Disease

2002/12/12

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss man and disease. The Book of Exodus makes clear that when God wants