Scientific principles, theory, and the role of key figures in the advancement of science.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01gyd7j
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 8 days 32 minutes
The Evolution of Crocodiles
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the land animals of the Triassic that dominated dinosaurs.
Longitude
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea of longitude and the race to calculate it at sea.
Pierre-Simon Laplace
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great French mathematician behind metrication.
The Late Devonian Extinction
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the five major extinction events on Earth so far.
Emilie du Châtelet
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss an astonishing mathematician of the French Enlightenment.
Alan Turing
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the short, brilliant life of computer science's founder.
George and Robert Stephenson (repeat)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss George and Robert Stephenson and the birth of railways.
Paul Dirac
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the greatest theoretical physicists who ever lived.
The Evolution of Horses
Discussion of the origin, migration, extinction and domestication of horses.