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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

Pythagoras

2009/12/10

Melvyn Bragg and guests Serafina Cuomo, John O'Connor and Ian Stewart discuss the ideas and influenc

Radiation

2009/11/12

Melvyn Bragg and guests Jim Al-Khalili, Frank Close and Frank James discuss the history of the disco

Melvyn Bragg and guests Richard Corfield, Jane Francis and Sanjeev Gupta discuss the geological form

Calculus

2009/9/24

Melvyn Bragg discusses the epic feud between Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz over who invente

Ediacara Biota

2009/7/9

Melvyn Bragg and guests Martin Brasier, Richard Corfield and Rachel Wood discuss the Ediacara Biota,

Logical Positivism

2009/7/2

Melvyn Bragg discusses Logical Positivism, the eye-wateringly radical early 20th century philosophic

The Whale - A History

2009/5/21

Melvyn Bragg and guests Steve Jones, Bill Amos and Eleanor Weston discuss the evolutionary history o

The Vacuum of Space

2009/4/30

Melvyn Bragg and guests Frank Close, Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Ruth Gregory discuss the Vacuum of Spa

Baconian Science

2009/4/2

Patricia Fara, Stephen Pumfrey and Rhodri Lewis join Melvyn Bragg to discuss the Jacobean lawyer, po

The Library of Alexandria

2009/3/12

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Library at Alexandria. Founded by King Ptolemy in the 3rd centur

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the deepest problems in contemporary physics. It’s called the

The Observatory at Jaipur

2009/2/19

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Observatory in Jaipur with its vast and beautiful instruments bu

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin in 2009 and the 150th anniversary

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the p

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the p

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin in 2009 and the 150th anniversary

The Physics of Time

2008/12/18

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physics of time. When writing the Principia Mathematica, Isaac N

Heat

2008/12/4

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of scientific ideas about heat. As anyone who’s ever bur

Neuroscience

2008/11/13

Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the relationship between the mind and the brain as they discuss rece

Vitalism

2008/10/16

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Vitalism, an 18th and 19th century quest for the spark of life. On a