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Victorian Pessimism
Melvyn Bragg discusses the high pessimism of Victorian culture.
Gravitational Waves
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physics of Gravitational Waves.
The Siege of Orl茅ans
Melvyn Bragg discusses Joan of Arc's role in the 1428 Siege of Orl茅ans.
Ockham's Razor
Melvyn Bragg discusses the ideas of William Ockham including Ockham's Razor.
Siegfried Sassoon
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the war poet Siegfried Sassoon.
Renaissance Astrology
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Renaissance Astrology.
Common Sense Philosophy
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss common sense philosophy.
The Permian-Triassic Boundary
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Permian-Triassic boundary in evolutionary history.
The Pilgrim Fathers
Melvyn Bragg discusses what the Pilgrim Fathers and the Mayflower mean to Americans.
Madame Bovary
Melvyn Bragg discusses the 1857 trial of Gustave Flaubert's novel, Madame Bovary
Socrates
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the iconic Greek philosopher, Socrates.
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. .