Science in Focus: Big Questions

Alternative title: The Nature of Scientific Enquiry
Synopsis: Five programmes presented by Adam Hart-Davis. Each focuses on the life and works of key scientific figures. How did they do it? What did they owe to their contemporaries? Why were their ideas so often resisted? What do their stories tell us about the nature of science and scientific enquiry?
1. Faraday’s Famous Inventions
2. Darwin’s Evolution
3. Mendel and the Gene Splicers
4. Mendeleev’s Dream
5. Hubble’s Expanding Universe
Some of the topics covered include: Ideas and evidence; How ideas are presented, evaluated and disseminated; Power and limitations of science in addressing the ethical issues involved.
Includes embedded full-colour support pack.
Age 14-16 Key Stage 4 and GCSE Scottish Level SG NQs 4
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom
Subjects: Science
Keywords: Darwin, Charles; Hubble, Edwin Powell; Mendel, Gregor Johann; Faraday, Michael; Mendeleev, Dimitri (1834-1907)

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