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The third of four programmes for Science Week. The regular review of cultural highlights of the month, with a scientific theme.
The first of four programmes for Science Week looks at space exploration.
The fourth, concluding, programme for Science Week on the theme of how science is affecting the way we understand our culture.
The second of four programmes for Science Week. Philosopher Ray Monk asks how brain research is affecting our ideas about who we are and scientist Richard Dawkins traces the rise of the cultural virus; and...
Studies the complex associations made in the 18th century between the concepts of Woman and Nature, and how these were depicted in art and in sciences. Looks at women in relation to botany, health, charity...
Are newspaper headlines and their stories to be believed? Recent examples include ‘British breakthrough likely to end asthma suffering’, ‘Vitamin K linked to child cancer’, and ‘Astronomers find...
Explores the background to the birth of modern astronomical theories. A graphics sequence explains various astronomical theories that were still commonly held in the 15th and early 16th centuries. In...
Investigates the development of the scientific ideas of Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749-1817), a found of the modern science of geology, in his dual role as professor of mining and mineralogy at the minds in...
Examines the influence of Newton on scientific thinking in the 18th century, and the rise of what became known as Newtonianism. Discusses ‘Principia Mathematica’ and ‘Optics’, which gave rise to the...
PANDORA’S BOX is an award-winning 6-part series on the impact of science and technology on everyday life in the 20th century, and their reflection in changing media images of science and scientists. Part 1...
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