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Einstein's Fridge
Einstein's Fridge
What do you do when you've described the nature of the universe? In the late 1920s Einstein was working on a grand unif... Read more
1 Apr 2016
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27mins
Ranked #2
The meteorite and the hidden hoax
The meteorite and the hidden hoax
In 1864 a strange type of rock fell from the sky above Orgueil in rural France. Shocked and frightened locals collected ... Read more
20 Jan 2016
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27mins
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The duchess who gatecrashed science
The duchess who gatecrashed science
In the spring of 1667 Samuel Pepys queued repeatedly with crowds of Londoners and waited for hours just to catch a glimp... Read more
27 Jan 2016
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Hypatia: The Murdered Mathematician
Hypatia: The Murdered Mathematician
Naomi Alderman's tale is a murder mystery, the story of Hypatia, the mathematician murdered by a mob in the learned city... Read more
4 Jul 2018
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27mins
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Mary Anning and Fossil Hunting
Mary Anning and Fossil Hunting
Mary Anning lived in Lyme Regis on what is now known as the Jurassic Coast in the first half of the 19th century. Knowin... Read more
11 Jul 2018
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Descartes' Daughter
Descartes' Daughter
There's a story told about French philosopher René Descartes and his daughter. He boards a ship for a voyage over the No... Read more
27 Jun 2018
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Urea and the Wohler Myth
Urea and the Wohler Myth
Philip Ball tells the story of German chemist Friedrich Wöhler's creation of urea, an organic substance previously thoug... Read more
20 Jun 2018
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17th-Century Space Flight: The Real Cyrano de Bergerac
17th-Century Space Flight: The Real Cyrano de Bergerac
Philip Ball reveals the real Cyrano de Bergerac - forget the big nosed fictional character - and his links to 17th Centu... Read more
13 Jun 2018
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27mins
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Eddington's Eclipse and Einstein's Celebrity
Eddington's Eclipse and Einstein's Celebrity
Eddington's Eclipse and Einstein's CelebrityPhilip Ball's tale is of a solar eclipse 100 years ago observed by Arthur Ed... Read more
12 Dec 2018
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Alexis Carrel and the immortal chicken heart
Alexis Carrel and the immortal chicken heart
Philip Ball tells the story of Alexis Carrel, the French surgeon who worked to preserve life outside the body and create... Read more
10 Sep 2019
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