Scientific principles, theory, and the role of key figures in the advancement of science.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman physician and medical theorist Galen. The most celebra
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss exoplanets. Astronomers have speculated about the existence of p
Melvyn Bragg and his guests begin a new series of the programme with a discussion of the French poly
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the invention of radio. In the early 1860s the Scottish physicis
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Einstein's theories of relativity. Between 1905 and 1917 Albert
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss cosmic rays. In 1912 the physicist Victor Hess discovered that t
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss one of the simplest and most remarkable of all molecules: water.
In a programme first broadcast in 2013, Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss absolute zero, the lowes
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the Victorian anthropologist and archaeolog
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss comets, the 'dirty snowballs' of the Solar System. In the early
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of crystallography, the study of crystals and their
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Fermat's Last Theorem. In 1637 the French mathematician Pierre d
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the cell, the fundamental building block of life. First observed
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss game theory, the mathematical study of decision-making. First fo
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the emergence of geology as a scientific discipline. A little ov
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the measurement of time. Early civilisations used the movements
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the physics of electrical conduction. Although electricity has b
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the evolution of the Scientific Method, the systematic and analy
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the giant molecules that form the basis of all life. Macromolecules,
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Hippocratic Oath. The Greek physician Hippocrates, active in