成人快手

Collectors: Charles Darwin

A life-long collector of curiosities, Darwin saw massive significance in tiny changes.

• 14 mins

Manhattan Project: J Robert Oppenheimer

The father of the atom bomb who longed to be an all-American hero.

• 14 mins

Manhattan Project: Niels Bohr

A scientific genius who saw poetry in the subatomic world

• 14 mins

Manhattan Project: John von Neumann

The game theory pioneer who made the information age possible.

• 14 mins

Manhattan Project: Lise Meitner

The woman who discovered nuclear fission but would have nothing to do with the bomb.

• 14 mins

Manhattan Project: Albert Einstein

How a world famous pacifist jump-started the Manhattan Project and revolutionised science.

• 14 mins

Travellers: The Buddha

A young prince who journeyed towards enlightenment

• 15 mins

Travellers: Jean Rhys

A novelist whose sequel to Jane Eyre turned storytelling on its head

• 14 mins

Travellers: Sir Patrick Manson

'Mosquito Manson' found a travelling parasite and unravelled a medical mystery.

• 14 mins

Travellers: Ida Pfeiffer

A 19th-century solo female traveller who opened up the idea of travel for everyone.

• 14 mins

Travellers: Aristotle

The very first scientist, who thought every part of the world could be a place of learning

• 14 mins