Scientific principles, theory, and the role of key figures in the advancement of science.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Einstein's theory of relativity.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of scientific ideas about Heat.
How Darwin's work during the Beagle expedition influenced his theories.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss game theory, the mathematical study of decision-making
Melvyn visits Darwin's home at Down House in Kent.
Melvyn Bragg discusses the four humours in medical history.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Jacobean thinker Francis Bacon and Baconian Science.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss our knowledge of memory and the functioning of the brain.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise of the mammals which began 65 million years ago.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history and mysterious force of magnetism.
The history of cultural, medical, artistic and philosophical ideas about the human brain.
Melvyn Bragg examines the importance of mathematics in relation to other sciences.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the French thinker Blaise Pascal.
Melvyn Bragg explores the social and economic consequences of the information revolution.
Melvyn Bragg examines recently discovered 'dark energy' and its effect on the universe.
Melvyn Bragg explores chemistry's ongoing mission to understand irreducible substances.
The 2000 year old history of mankind's quest to understand the human body.
Melvyn Bragg discusses the mathematical and cultural mysteries of the Fibonacci Sequence.
The extraordinary mind and theories of the psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the dawn of the age of electricity.
Melvyn Bragg examines predictions and solutions for global warming and rising sea levels.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of logic.
Melvyn Bragg discusses Antimatter in particle physics and cosmology.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how emotional experiences can become physical symptoms.
