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In Our Time Episodes

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    The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

  2. Photosynthesis

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss photosynthesis.

  3. The Sino-Japanese War

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Second Sino-Japanese War.

  4. The Tale of Sinuhe

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Egyptian poem The Tale of Sinuhe.

  5. Tristram Shandy

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Laurence Sterne's comic novel Tristram Shandy.

  6. The Domesday Book

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Domesday Book.

  7. Strabo's Geographica

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Strabo's Geographica, an early work of geography.

  8. States of Matter

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the states of matter, from solids to plasmas.

  9. Weber's The Protestant Ethic

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.

  10. Bishop Berkeley

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the 18th-century philosopher George Berkeley.

  11. The Trinity

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Trinity, a central doctrine of Christianity.

  12. Spartacus

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman gladiator and rebel leader Spartacus.

  13. The Eye

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of ideas about the eye and how it works.

  14. Social Darwinism

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Social Darwinism.

  15. Chivalry

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss medieval chivalry.

  16. The Phoenicians

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Phoenicians of the ancient Mediterranean.

  17. Catastrophism

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the geological theory of Catastrophism.

  18. Sources of Early Chinese History

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the sources for early Chinese history.

  19. The Battle of Tours

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Tours of 732.

  20. Plato's Symposium

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Plato's Symposium.

  21. The Medici

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Medici family, rulers of Renaissance Florence.

  22. Complexity

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss complexity theory.

  23. Pliny the Younger

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman letter-writer Pliny the Younger.

  24. Hindu Ideas of Creation

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hindu ideas about the creation of the universe.

  25. The Microscope

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the development of the microscope.

  26. Pocahontas

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life of the Native American Pocahontas.

  27. The Tempest

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Shakespeare's The Tempest.

  28. Ordinary Language Philosophy

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Ordinary Language Philosophy.

  29. The Berlin Conference

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Berlin Conference and the Scramble for Africa.

  30. The Corn Laws

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Corn Laws of the 19th century.

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