Brian Cox is joined by Brian Blessed and Alice Roberts. On the agenda are his TV idols from both science fiction and science fact, as well as a whole universe of other stuff.
Brian Cox is joined by Brian Blessed and Alice Roberts. On the agenda are his TV idols from both science fiction and science fact, as well as a whole universe of other stuff.
Did you know that bananas are berries, but strawberries aren’t? A lot of thought goes into classifying fruits and vegetables, and it all has to do with anatomy.
Can the participants work out why they exist at all? Is it destiny or pure chance?
Part 3 • Genius by Stephen Hawking • 2016 • Science
Michael Mosley tells how scientists came to explain the diversity of life on earth.
3/6 • The Story of Science • 2010 • Science
Saiful investigates how to generate energy without destroying the planet in the process. Saiful begins his lecture by being plunged into darkness. Armed initially with nothing but a single candle, his challenge is to go back to first principles and bring back the power in the energy-hungry lecture theatre. Along the way he explains what energy is, how we can transform it from one form to another, and how we harness it to power the modern world. A fascinating and stimulating celebration of the stuff that quite literally makes the universe tick - the weird and wonderful world of energy.
1/3 • Supercharged: Fuelling the Future • 2016 • Science
Humanity’s potential seems limitless. But could we become as powerful as God?
S5E09 • Through the Wormhole • Science