Astronomy
The Why Factor. The Moon. Audio, 18 minutes
Why has the moon fascinated humans from every culture and for all time?
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- Available for over a year
Frontiers. Cosmology. Audio, 28 minutes
Have astronomers really found gravitational waves from the Big Bang as announced in March?
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The Essay. The Islamic Golden Age, Al-Khwarizmi. Audio, 15 minutes
Jim Al-Khalili explores the legacy of mathematician and astronomer al-Khwarizmi.
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Frontiers. Anthropocene. Audio, 28 minutes
Has humanity launched a new geological time period? Gaia Vince on the Anthropocene Epoch.
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Frontiers. Transit of Venus. Audio, 30 minutes
Marek Kukula explores the forthcoming transit of Venus across the face of the Sun.
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In Our Time. Ptolemy and Ancient Astronomy. Audio, 42 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Ptolemy and ancient astronomy.
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Frontiers. 29/06/2011. Audio, 30 minutes
How a meteorite that landed on Earth 100 years ago is helping astronomers explore Mars.
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A Brief History of Mathematics. Carl Friedrich Gauss. Audio, 15 minutes
Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics drives science.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Great Lives. Carl Sagan. Audio, 30 minutes
Physicist Brian Cox reveals how Carl Sagan's Cosmos TV show changed his life.
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In Our Time. The Observatory at Jaipur. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the observatory at Jaipur.
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Frontiers. Hubble Space Telescope. Audio, 30 minutes
Andrew Luck-Baker meets the astronauts preparing to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
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In Our Time. Astronomy and Empire. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg examines the relationship between astronomy and British Imperial expansion.
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- Available for over a year
Bluffer's Guide To Science. The Big Bang. Audio, 5 minutes
The Universe is unimaginably vast and incredibly old. So how did it begin?
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- Available for over a year
