Scientific principles, theory, and the role of key figures in the advancement of science.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the development of the microscope.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physics of electrical conduction.
Melvyn Bragg discusses Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, the 18th century French precursor to Darwin.
Melvyn Bragg examines the implications of the developments in genetic engineering.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physics of Gravitational Waves.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the discovery of radiation, from radio waves to gamma rays
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the nature and existence of mathematical infinity.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss absolute zero, the lowest possible temperature.
Melvyn Bragg explores the question and theories of a grand design in the universe.
Melvyn Bragg examines whether science has ruined our sense of poetic wonder at the world.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss comets, the 'dirty snowballs' of the solar system.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Ada Lovelace - the Victorian 鈥榚nchantress of numbers鈥�.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss negative numbers, a history of mystery and suspicion.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the radical philosophy of the Vienna Circle.
The 20th century pursuit in physics for the ultimate theory of everything.
The work and legacy of the often overlooked 19th century scientist James Clerk Maxwell.
Melvyn Bragg discusses mutation in genetics and evolution.
Melvyn Bragg explores the part genes play in our personalities.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Renaissance obsession with Magic.
Melvyn Bragg examines the Prussian naturalist and explorer, Alexander Von Humboldt.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss blood, from medical progress to the link to the divine.
How Darwin was eventually persuaded to publish On the Origin of Species in November 1859.
Melvyn Bragg discusses the planet Mars, a source of endless fascination in human history
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Black Holes, the ghosts of massive stars.
