Science Stories

By BBC Radio 4

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Episodes: 16

Description

Surprising stories from the history of science told by Naomi Alderman and Philip Ball.


Episode Date
Alexis Carrel and the immortal chicken heart
Sep 10, 2019
Ibn al-Haytham and How We See
Jan 09, 2019
Lady Mary Montagu's Smallpox Experiment
Jan 02, 2019
Kepler's Snowflakes
Dec 26, 2018
Lucretius, Sheep and Atoms
Dec 19, 2018
Eddington's Eclipse and Einstein's Celebrity
Dec 12, 2018
Mary Anning and Fossil Hunting
Jul 11, 2018
Hypatia: The Murdered Mathematician
Jul 04, 2018
Descartes' Daughter
Jun 27, 2018
Urea and the Wohler Myth
Jun 20, 2018
17th-Century Space Flight: The Real Cyrano de Bergerac
Jun 13, 2018
Einstein's Fridge
Apr 01, 2016
The duchess who gatecrashed science
Jan 27, 2016
The meteorite and the hidden hoax
Jan 20, 2016
How an eel sparked our interest in electricity
Jan 13, 2016
Submarine for a Stuart King
Jan 06, 2016