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The Royal Society and British Science: Episode 4
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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Jan 7, 2010
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Podcast episode
Description
As part of the BBC's year of science programming, Melvyn Bragg looks at the history of the oldest scientific learned society of them all: the Royal Society. The horrors of the First World War were a shocking indictment of the power of science. Picking up the thread at this hiatus in scientific optimism, this programme, recorded in the current home of the Royal Society in Carlton House Terrace in London, looks at the more subtle, discreet role the Society played in the 20th century, such as secretly arranging for refugee scientists to flee Germany, co-ordinating international scientific missions during the Cold War and quietly distributing government grant money to fund the brightest young researchers in the land. As ever more important scientific issues face the world and Britain today, the programme asks how well placed the Royal Society is to take an important lead in the future.
Released:
Jan 7, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
The Brain and Consciousness: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss our knowledge of memory and the functioning of the brain. by In Our Time