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Einstein's Fridge
What happened when Einstein decided to fix the fridge?
The duchess who gatecrashed science
Margaret Cavendish and the birth of the scientific method.
The meteorite and the hidden hoax
The riddle of the 19th century French meteorite that carried a secret for 100 years.
How an eel sparked our interest in electricity
How an eel sparked our interest in electricity
Submarine for a Stuart King
The magical world of Conelis Drebbel, inventor of the first submarine in 1621.
Seeing is Believing - The Leviathan of Parsonstown
Simon Schaffer tells of the astronomers who grappled with evolution long before Darwin.
How Perkin brought purple to the people
How William Perkin brought purple to the people in Victorian London.
DNA's Third Man
The third man behind the unravelling of DNA's double helix, Maurice Wilkins.
The engine that ran out of steam
How the engine that powered the industrial revolution nearly ran out of steam.
The Bone Wars
The extraordinary tale of feuding dinosaur hunters in America's Wild West .