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Focuses on Thomas Edison’s pioneering work on electric lighting and a host of other inventions, as an example of the total innovation process and to illustrate the range of factors behind the success of...
For the week ending 1 Nov 2013 the most requested programmes from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service were: 1. THE INVENTION OF CHILDHOOD (BBC RADIO 4 EXTRA) View TRILT record For more information,...
The late nineteenth century saw many discoveries and new technologies that transformed clinical medicine. A different kind of invention from this period came to be seen as an essential weapon in the war...
Documentary about the history and principles of mathematics presented by astrophysicist and writer Mario Livio, along with other mathematicians, physicists, and engineers. The programme traces the...
Looks at Neil Postman’s controversial theory that childhood was created by the printing press. Discusses what a child’s life was like in the medieval period prior to the invention of the printing press...
Life and work of the Scottish engineer and inventor, particularly his invention of the separate condenser.
Born on the threshold of Americas burgeoning industrial empire, Edisons curiosity led him to its cutting edge. With just three months of formal schooling, he took on one seemingly impossible technical...
Three programmes telling the story of electricity and the history of its discovery and applications. The first programme SPARK, is about the very first scientists who studied electricity. Known as ‘natural...
Focuses on the period 1796-1828, but begins by taking a brief look back on Goya’s earlier career before exploring his drawings and their context. Examines technique, style and subject matter.
Steven Pinker’s work ‘The Language Instinct,' argues that human language is not an invention, but a natural instinct unique to man. Here Pinker introduces his thinking and the arguments that support his...
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