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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

Episodes293

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  • Oct 16, 2008 · 42 min

    Vitalism

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

  • Jun 19, 2008 · 42 min

    The Music of the Spheres

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

  • Jun 5, 2008 · 42 min

    Lysenkoism

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

  • May 29, 2008 · 42 min

    Probability

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the strange mathematics of probability.

  • May 8, 2008 · 42 min

    The Brain

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

  • Apr 3, 2008 · 42 min

    The Laws of Motion

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Isaac Newton’s Laws of Motion.

  • Mar 6, 2008 · 42 min

    Ada Lovelace

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Ada Lovelace - the Victorian ‘enchantress of numbers’.

  • Feb 21, 2008 · 41 min

    The Multiverse

    Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the Multiverse.

  • Jan 24, 2008 · 42 min

    Plate Tectonics

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

  • Dec 20, 2007 · 42 min

    The Four Humours

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the four humours in medical history.

  • Dec 6, 2007 · 41 min

    Genetic Mutation

    Melvyn Bragg discusses mutation in genetics and evolution.

  • Nov 29, 2007 · 42 min

    The Fibonacci Sequence

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

  • Nov 15, 2007 · 42 min

    Oxygen

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

  • Oct 4, 2007 · 28 min

    Antimatter

    Melvyn Bragg discusses Antimatter in particle physics and cosmology.

  • May 17, 2007 · 42 min

    Gravitational Waves

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physics of Gravitational Waves.

  • Apr 19, 2007 · 42 min

    Symmetry

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

  • Mar 29, 2007 · 41 min

    Anaesthetics

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of anaesthetics.