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The Essay Five Portraits of Science Episodes

    Albert Einstein

    5/5 Writer Richard Hamblyn considers the cultural afterlife of Albert Einstein.

    Marie Curie

    4/5 Sunetra Gupta considers Marie Curie's reputation as self-sacrificing scientific saint.

    Isaac Newton

    3/5 Historian Patricia Fara on how Isaac Newton became the quintessential English genius.

    Galileo

    2/5 Writer Andrew Brown unpicks the narrative of Galileo's battle with the Roman Inquisition.

    John Dee

    1/5 Jonathan Sawday explores the cultural legacy of alchemist, astrologer and magus John Dee.