Note Many of these programmes don`t fit neatly under any one category heading, in this case we`ve either duplicated them or selected a category we feel is closest.
Physics | |
Life in Space | Helen Sharman |
The Chemistry of Interstellar Space | Bill Klemperer |
Tick, tick, tick pulsating star: How we wonder what you are | Jocelyn Bell Burnell |
Wormholes and Time Travel | Paul Davies |
Anyone Out There | Is there life in space? |
Eyes in the Skies | Satellite Imagine |
Theory of Everything | Are we on the verge of a grand unified theory? |
Mobile Phones | Are mobile phones safe? |
Fields and Particles | |
Richard Feynman | Douglas Robb Memorial Lectures |
Antimatter | Can we ever detect it? |
Theory of Everything | Are we on the verge of a grand unified theory? |
There ain`t nothing nowhere | David Miller |
Electron Waves unveil the Microcosmos | Akira Tonomura |
Solids, Liquids, Gases | |
States of Matter | John Murrell |
On the Air | Michael Garrett |
Energy Generation | |
Nuclear Power Plant Safety : What`s the problem? | John Collier |
Endless Energy | What are our energy choices for the 21st century? |
Chemistry
How to be Right and Wrong | Sir John Cornforth |
John Cornforth | Face2Face: Steroid Chemistry |
The Chemistry of Interstellar Space | Bill Klemperer |
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology | |
Nanotechnology | Is this the next big thing? |
Architecture of the microcosmos | Harry Kroto |
C60 Buckminsterfullerene, the Celestial Sphere that fell to Earth | Harry Kroto |
Carbon Nanotubes : The tiniest man-made Tubes | Sumio Iijima |
Self-Assembly: Nature`s way to do it | Kuniaki Nagayama |
Millie Dresselhaus | Face2Face: US Government Advisor and nanoscientist |
Biology
The Origin of Life | John Maynard Smith |
Voyage to the Bottom of the Deep Sea | Are the ocean depths the next new frontier? |
Forever Young | How long can we live, and do we want to live? |
Cloning and Stem Cells | What is cloning, why do it, and where is it leading? |
End of Evolution | Have advances in modern medicine put an end to evolution in humans? |
Medical Biology | |
Nuts and Bolts of the Mind | Susan Greenfield |
MRI: A Window on the Human Body | Laurie Hall |
Predicting Personality | Is our personality genetically determined? |
Health | |
Defying Death | Are we winning the fight against epidemics and poor health? |
The Epidemic of Mad Cow Disease (BSE) in the UK | Roy Anderson |
Electricity, Magnetism and the body | Anthony Barker |
Molecular Biology | |
GM Foods - Safe? | Are they potential saviours of mankind or a disaster waiting to happen? |
How X-Rays cracked the structure of DNA | Amand Lucas |
Self-Assembly: Nature`s way to do it | Kuniaki Nagayama |
Fred Sanger | Face2Face: Father of molecular biology |
Max Perutz | Face2Face: Discovered structure of Haemoglobin |
Geology / Geography / Environmental Science
In the Oceans | Jacqui McGlade |
Voyage to the Bottom of the Deep Sea | Are the ocean depths the next new frontier? |
Endless Energy | What are our energy choices for the 21st century? |
Engineering
Flight in Birds and Aeroplanes | John Maynard Smith |
Nuclear Power Plant Safety : What`s the problem? | John Collier |
Eyes in the Skies | Satellite Imaging |
Endless Energy | What are our energy choices for the 21st century? |
The Realities of Risk | Risk assessment and the role of science in risk assessment |
Mathematics
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers | Paul Hoffman on Paul Erdos |
Theory of Everything | Are we on the verge of a grand unified theory? |
Computing and Robotics
Creativity and Computers | Margaret Boden |
Machines with Minds | Artificial Intelligence and Robotics |
Scientists / Science and Society
Face2Face | Much of the archive is devoted to this topic (essay) |
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers | Paul Hoffman on Paul Erdos |
Bernal and the Social Function of Science | Chris Freeman |
Science and Art
Science and Fine Art | David Bomford |
Creativity and Computers | Margaret Boden |
Safety
Nuclear Power Plant Safety : What`s the problem? | John Collier |
Electricity, Magnetism and the body | Anthony Barker |
Defying Death | Are we winning the fight against epidemics and poor health? |
The Realities of Risk | Risk assessment and the role of science in risk assessment |
Mobile Phones | How do they work, and are there risks? |