French women physicists
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Emilie du Châtelet
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 18th-century mathematical genius whose insights into Newton and Leibniz were part of the great advance in science in the Enlightenment.
4 February 2021
Featuring: Patricia Fara, David Wootton, Judith Zinsser
ScienceFrench physicists18th-century French women writers18th-century French writers18th-century French mathematicians18th-century philosophers18th-century French philosophersContributors to the Encyclopédie (1751–1772)French women physicistsFrench women philosophersDeaths in childbirth18th-century French scientistsDeaths from pulmonary embolism18th centuryFranceMathematicsThe Curies
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the scientific achievements of the Curie family, Marie and Pierre and their daughter Irene Joliot-Curie, all three of whom won Nobel Prizes.
26 March 2015
Featuring: Patricia Fara, Robert Fox, Steven T Bramwell
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