Scientific principles, theory, and the role of key figures in the advancement of science.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss carbon, which forms the basis of all organic life.
Melvyn Bragg examines how Chaos Theory has affected our understanding of the universe.
Melvyn Bragg looks at how cyberspace has introduced a new concept of space in our world.
Darwin's early life in Shropshire and his three years at Cambridge.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the causes and our mechanisms of coping with pain.
Melvyn Bragg looks at the ethical, economic and biological implications of living longer.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Roman physician and medical theorist Galen.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the strange mathematics of probability.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the role of animals in humankind鈥檚 search for knowledge.
Melvyn Bragg examines neuroscience, the relationship between the mind and the brain.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the search for immunisation and its impact on society.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Ernest Rutherford, the father of nuclear science.
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Anglo-Austrian philosopher Karl Popper.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the evolution of the human species.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Fermat's Last Theorem.
Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the scientific achievements of the Cavendish family.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the age of the Universe.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the giant molecules that underpin all life.
Melvyn Bragg investigates artificial intelligence; can a computer imitate the human mind?
Melvyn Bragg examines the role of narcotics and stimulants in the history of medicine.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of anaesthetics.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the function and significance of memory.
Melvyn Bragg explores the fascinating and mystifying science of meteorology.
