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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

Galen

2013/10/10

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman physician and medical theorist Galen. The most celebra

Exoplanets

2013/10/3

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss exoplanets. Astronomers have speculated about the existence of p

Pascal

2013/9/19

Melvyn Bragg and his guests begin a new series of the programme with a discussion of the French poly

The Invention of Radio

2013/7/4

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the invention of radio. In the early 1860s the Scottish physicis

Relativity

2013/6/6

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Einstein's theories of relativity. Between 1905 and 1917 Albert

Cosmic Rays

2013/5/16

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss cosmic rays. In 1912 the physicist Victor Hess discovered that t

Water

2013/3/28

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss one of the simplest and most remarkable of all molecules: water.

Absolute Zero

2013/3/7

In a programme first broadcast in 2013, Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss absolute zero, the lowes

Pitt-Rivers

2013/2/28

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the Victorian anthropologist and archaeolog

Comets

2013/1/17

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss comets, the 'dirty snowballs' of the Solar System. In the early

Crystallography

2012/11/28

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of crystallography, the study of crystals and their

Fermat's Last Theorem

2012/10/25

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Fermat's Last Theorem. In 1637 the French mathematician Pierre d

The Cell

2012/9/13

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the cell, the fundamental building block of life. First observed

Game Theory

2012/5/10

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss game theory, the mathematical study of decision-making. First fo

Early Geology

2012/4/12

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the emergence of geology as a scientific discipline. A little ov

The Measurement of Time

2012/3/29

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

The Scientific Method

2012/1/26

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the evolution of the Scientific Method, the systematic and analy

Macromolecules

2011/12/29

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the giant molecules that form the basis of all life. Macromolecules,

The Hippocratic Oath

2011/9/15

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Hippocratic Oath. The Greek physician Hippocrates, active in