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Book of the Week The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises Episodes

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  1. Episode 5

    5/5 A ship that repaired itself, and how the earliest telephones worked without bells.

  2. Episode 4

    4/5 Who really invented the wheel; and why one particular flower exudes the smell of nicotine.

  3. Episode 3

    3/5 How two physicists linked the problem of interference on their TV screen to the Big Bang.

  4. Episode 2

    2/5 Why a hair of the dog works; how a 5,000-year-old pot could show early animation.

  5. Episode 1

    1/5 Featuring an inventor who was strangled by his own invention. Read by Toby Longworth.