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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

Imagination

2002/11/28

Melvyn Bragg investigates the creatives forces of the imagination. Immanuel Kant said, "Imagination

Human Nature

2002/11/7

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the vexing issue of human nature. Some argue that we are born as bla

The Scientist

2002/10/24

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origin of the concept and historical role of the scientist. The

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of politics on psychoanalysis. The 20th century saw the b

Drugs

2002/5/23

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of drugs. Throughout history people have taken them to a

Chaos Theory

2002/5/16

Melvyn Bragg examines whether world is a fundamentally chaotic or orderly place. When Newton publish

The Physics of Reality

2002/5/2

Melvyn Bragg examines the physics of reality. When Quantum Mechanics was developed in the early 20th

Extra Terrestrials

2002/4/4

Melvyn Bragg examines Extra Terrestrials. New planets have been observed far beyond our solar system

Anatomy

2002/2/14

Melvyn Bragg examines the history of mankind's quest to understand the human body. The Greeks though

The Universe's Shape

2002/2/7

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the shape of the universe. In the Beginning, runs one account, was t

Nuclear Physics

2002/1/10

Melvyn Bragg examines one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs of the 20th century, and certainl

Genetics

2001/12/13

Melvyn Bragg looks at the development of the science of genetics. In the 1850s and 60s, in a monaste

Oceanography

2001/11/22

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the science of Oceanography. In 1870 Jules Verne described the deep

The Earth's Origins

2001/7/5

Melvyn Bragg discusses the origin of the Earth. Ideas used to be very clear about its origins. Bisho

Black Holes

2001/4/12

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Black Holes. They are the dead collapsed ghosts of massive stars and

Fossils

2001/3/22

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the significance of fossils. In the middle of the nineteenth century

Quantum Gravity

2001/2/22

Melvyn Bragg examines Quantum Gravity. Early in the 20th century physicists were startled by the rea

Imperial Science

2001/2/1

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss what drove the British Empire, especially in Victoria’s century. Was

Mathematics and Platonism

2001/1/11

Melvyn Bragg looks at the deep claims made for mathematics, the discipline some believe to be the so

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss role of Freudian analysis in understanding the great works of litera