In Our Time: Science

BBC Radio 4

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

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293 episodes
Updated February 19

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Jan 4, 2010 · 42 min
The Royal Society and British Science: Episode 1
Melvyn Bragg travels to Oxford, where the young Christopher Wren and friends experimented.
Dec 10, 2009 · 41 min
Pythagoras
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans.
Nov 12, 2009 · 42 min
Radiation
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the discovery of radiation, from radio waves to gamma rays
Oct 22, 2009 · 42 min
The Geological Formation of Britain
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the geological formation of Britain.
Sep 24, 2009 · 42 min
Calculus
The dispute between Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz over who invented calculus.
Jul 9, 2009 · 42 min
Ediacara Biota
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ediacara Biota.
Jul 2, 2009 · 42 min
Logical Positivism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the radical philosophy of the Vienna Circle.
May 21, 2009 · 42 min
The Whale - A History
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the evolutionary history of the whale.
Apr 30, 2009 · 42 min
The Vacuum of Space
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Vacuum of Space.
Apr 2, 2009 · 42 min
Baconian Science
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Jacobean thinker Francis Bacon and Baconian Science.
Mar 12, 2009 · 42 min
The Library of Alexandria
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Library of Alexandria.
Mar 5, 2009 · 42 min
The Measurement Problem in Physics
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the measurement problem in physics.
Feb 19, 2009 · 42 min
The Observatory at Jaipur
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the observatory at Jaipur.
Jan 8, 2009 · 42 min
Darwin: Life After Origins
Melvyn visits Darwin's home at Down House in Kent.
Jan 7, 2009 · 42 min
Darwin: On the Origin of Species
How Darwin was eventually persuaded to publish On the Origin of Species in November 1859.
Jan 6, 2009 · 42 min
Darwin: The Voyage of the Beagle
How Darwin's work during the Beagle expedition influenced his theories.
Jan 5, 2009 · 42 min
Darwin: On the Origins of Charles Darwin
Darwin's early life in Shropshire and his three years at Cambridge.
Dec 18, 2008 · 42 min
The Physics of Time
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physics of time.
Dec 4, 2008 · 42 min
Heat
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of scientific ideas about Heat.
Nov 13, 2008 · 41 min
Neuroscience
Melvyn Bragg examines neuroscience, the relationship between the mind and the brain.