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  1. Do Black Holes Have No Hair? (2016)

    Producer
    Jim Frank
    Subject
    Astronomy; Physics

    Radio 4 broadcast. The first of Professor Hawking’s 2015 Reith lectures delivered 24 November 2015 at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Professor Hawking describes the history of scientific thinking...

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  2. Brief History of Mathematics, A (2014)

    Subject
    Mathematics; Science

    Podcasts. Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science. Ten fifteen minute podcasts that reveal the personalities behind the calculations from Newton to the...

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  3. Today Lecture 2012, The: Sir Mervyn King (2012)

    Subject
    Economics

    Audio recording of The Today Programme 2012 lecture given by Bank of England Governor, Sir Mervyn King, talking about the recent financial crisis, followed by a Q & A session. The lecture was given on 2 May...

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  4. Germaine Greer (2012)

    Subject
    Literature; Women’s studies

    A short podcast looking at Australian born feminist and academic Germaine Greer, who is credited with making feminism appealing and accessible for a large audience of both men and women. Part of The New...

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  5. Cicely Saunders (2012)

    Subject
    Social welfare; Women’s studies

    A short podcast looking at the founder of the modern hospice movement, Cicely Saunders, who revolutionised palliative care. Part of The New Elizabethans, a series presented by James Naughtie to mark the...

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  6. Margot Fonteyn (2012)

    Subject
    Dance; Women’s studies

    A short podcast looking at the life and legacy of Margot Fonteyn, widely considered to be one of the greatest classical dancers of the 20th century. Part of The New Elizabethans, a series presented by James...

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  7. Barbara Windsor (2012)

    Subject
    Women’s studies

    A short podcast looking at the career of Barbara Windsor which spans much of the reign of the current Queen. Part of The New Elizabethans, a series presented by James Naughtie to mark the Diamond Jubilee....

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  8. Dorothy Hodgkin (2012)

    Subject
    Chemistry; Women’s studies

    A short podcast looking at the life and career of Dorothy Hodgkin, who discovered the structures of penicillin, insulin, and vitamin B12 through her ground-breaking approach to crystallography. Part of The...

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  9. Doris Lessing (2012)

    Subject
    Literature; Women’s studies

    A short podcast looking at the life and career of writer Doris Lessing, a Nobel laureate who has been praised for her ability to inhabit different fictional worlds. Part of The New Elizabethans, a series...

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  10. Jocelyn Bell Burnell (2012)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Women’s studies

    A short podcast looking at the life and career of Jocelyn Bell Burnell the astrophysicist who discovered pulsars, the beams of radiation emitted by rapidly spinning neutron stars. Part of The New...

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