Melvyn Bragg discusses Antimatter in particle physics and cosmology. Read more
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Antimatter
Melvyn Bragg discusses Antimatter in particle physics and cosmology.
The Divine Right of Kings
Melvyn Bragg discusses the idea that kingly authority derives from God.
The Arabian Nights
Melvyn Bragg discusses the myths, tales and legends of the Arabian Nights.
Taste
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 18th century obsession with taste.
Guilt
Melvyn Bragg and guests take a long hard look at the idea of guilt.
Avicenna
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Persian Islamic philosopher Avicenna.
Oxygen
Melvyn Bragg discusses the discovery of Oxygen by Joseph Priestley and Antoine Lavoisier.
The Prelude
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Wordsworth鈥檚 poem, The Prelude.
The Fibonacci Sequence
Melvyn Bragg discusses the mathematical and cultural mysteries of the Fibonacci Sequence.
Genetic Mutation
Melvyn Bragg discusses mutation in genetics and evolution.
The Sassanid Empire
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Sassanian Empire in Persia from the 3rd to the 7th century AD.
The Four Humours
Melvyn Bragg discusses the four humours in medical history.
The Nicene Creed
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Nicene Creed which established the Divinity of Christ.
Camus
The life ad work of the Algerian-French writer and philosopher, Albert Camus.
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Charge of the Light Brigade.
The Fisher King
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the enigmatic myth of the Fisher King.
Plate Tectonics
Melvyn Bragg examines plate tectonics, a theory that transformed our idea of the earth.
Rudolph II
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Rudolph II and his Renaissance Court in Prague.
The Social Contract
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Social Contract; a key idea in political philosophy.
The Statue of Liberty
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Statue of Liberty. .
The Multiverse
Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the Multiverse.
Lear
Melvyn Bragg and guests examine Shakespeare鈥檚 bloodthirsty tragedy, King Lear.
Ada Lovelace
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Ada Lovelace - the Victorian 鈥榚nchantress of numbers鈥.
The Greek Myths
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek myths from Achilles to Zeus.
Kierkegaard
Melvyn Bragg examines the rich and radical ideas of the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.
The Dissolution of the Monasteries
Melvyn Bragg examines Henry VIII's policy of the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
The Laws of Motion
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Isaac Newton鈥檚 Laws of Motion.
The Norman Yoke
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 鈥榯he Norman Yoke'.
Yeats and Irish Politics
Melvyn Bragg examines the effect of Irish politics on the work of the poet W.B. Yeats.
Materialism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Materialism in Philosophy.
The Enclosures of the 18th Century
Melvyn Bragg examines the enclosure movement that fenced in the British countryside.