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Science Podcast

Scientific principles, theory, and the role of key figures in the advancement of science.

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    Darwin: The Voyage of the BeagleDarwin: In Our Time

    Tue 6 Jan 2009

    How Darwin's work during the Beagle expedition influenced his theories.

  • Darwin: On the Origins of Charles DarwinDarwin: In Our Time

    Mon 5 Jan 2009

    Darwin's early life in Shropshire and his three years at Cambridge.

  • The Physics of Time

    Thu 18 Dec 2008

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physics of time.

  • Heat

    Thu 4 Dec 2008

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of scientific ideas about Heat.

  • Neuroscience

    Thu 13 Nov 2008

    Melvyn Bragg examines neuroscience, the relationship between the mind and the brain.

  • Vitalism

    Thu 16 Oct 2008

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 18th and 19th century quest for the spark of life.

  • Godel's Incompleteness Theorems

    Thu 9 Oct 2008

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mathematician Kurt Godel and his work.

  • The Music of the Spheres

    Thu 19 Jun 2008

    Melvyn Bragg explores the ancient astrological idea of the music of the spheres.

  • Lysenkoism

    Thu 5 Jun 2008

    Melvyn Bragg examines the destructive career of the Soviet geneticist Trofim Lysenko.

  • Probability

    Thu 29 May 2008

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the strange mathematics of probability.

  • The Brain

    Thu 8 May 2008

    The history of cultural, medical, artistic and philosophical ideas about the human brain.

  • The Laws of Motion

    Thu 3 Apr 2008

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Isaac Newton鈥檚 Laws of Motion.

  • Ada Lovelace

    Thu 6 Mar 2008

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Ada Lovelace - the Victorian 鈥榚nchantress of numbers鈥�.

  • The Multiverse

    Thu 21 Feb 2008

    Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the Multiverse.

  • Plate Tectonics

    Thu 24 Jan 2008

    Melvyn Bragg examines plate tectonics, a theory that transformed our idea of the earth.

  • The Four Humours

    Thu 20 Dec 2007

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the four humours in medical history.

  • Genetic Mutation

    Thu 6 Dec 2007

    Melvyn Bragg discusses mutation in genetics and evolution.

  • The Fibonacci Sequence

    Thu 29 Nov 2007

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the mathematical and cultural mysteries of the Fibonacci Sequence.

  • Oxygen

    Thu 15 Nov 2007

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the discovery of Oxygen by Joseph Priestley and Antoine Lavoisier.

  • Antimatter

    Thu 4 Oct 2007

    Melvyn Bragg discusses Antimatter in particle physics and cosmology.

  • The Permian-Triassic Boundary

    Thu 28 Jun 2007

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the Permian-Triassic boundary in evolutionary history.

  • Renaissance Astrology

    Thu 14 Jun 2007

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Renaissance Astrology.

  • Gravitational Waves

    Thu 17 May 2007

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physics of Gravitational Waves.

  • Symmetry

    Thu 19 Apr 2007

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the idea of symmetry in art and nature.

  • Anaesthetics

    Thu 29 Mar 2007

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of anaesthetics.

  • Microbiology

    Thu 8 Mar 2007

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the history of microbiology, the study of microscopic life.

  • Optics

    Thu 1 Mar 2007

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the history of the science of optics

  • Popper

    Thu 8 Feb 2007

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the Anglo-Austrian philosopher Karl Popper.

  • Archimedes

    Thu 25 Jan 2007

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the Greek mathematician Archimedes and his famous cry of 鈥渆ureka!鈥�

  • The Jesuits

    Thu 18 Jan 2007

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the Jesuits, 鈥渢he school masters of Europe鈥�.

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