Culture Clash. Part 1: Form and Formula

Synopsis

An intellectually stimulating and visually extravagant exploration not just of the ‘two cultures’ debate in modern Britain, but of changing images of science and scientists in history; the place of science in national culture; the ‘culture’ of science itself, and the underlying homologies and continuities between nature, art and mathematics. With Professor Roy Porter (Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine), Professor Lewis Wolpert (University College London), Professor Ian Stewart (University of Wales Cardiff), Dr Steve Pumfrey (University of Lancaster) and novelists J G Ballard and Peter Ackroyd.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television; Television broadcast. col. 50 min.

Year of production

1993

Availability

Off-air recording licence

Notes

Broadcast BBC2, Jan 93.

Uses

Discussions on the image of science.

Subjects

Science

Keywords

history of science

Distributor

Name

BBC Television