Computation
4 episodes
Alan Turing
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and life of the founder of computer science - whose work helped crack enemy codes in WW2 - and his exploration of artificial intelligence.
15 October 2020
Featuring: Leslie Ann Goldberg, Simon Schaffer, Andrew Hodges
SciencePeople convicted for homosexuality in the United Kingdom, People who have received posthumous pardonsEnglish inventorsLGBTQ mathematicians, LGBTQ philosophersComputer designersTheoretical biologists20th-century English philosophersGay scientistsSuicides by cyanide poisoning20th-century atheistsEnglish people of Scottish descentCastrated peopleGay academicsEnglish people of Irish descentEnglish logicians20th-century English LGBTQ people20th-century English mathematiciansFellows of the Royal SocietyEnglish atheists20th centuryComputationMathematicsArtificial Intelligence
Melvyn Bragg discusses artificial intelligence and whether a computer could imitate the operations of the human mind.
8 December 2005
Featuring: Jon Agar, Alison Adam, Igor Aleksander
Chaos Theory
Melvyn Bragg discusses how Chaos Theory has affected our understanding of the universe and whether there might be an inherent order behind the fluctuations of the stock market or the British weather.
16 May 2002
Featuring: Susan Greenfield, David Papineau, Neil Johnson
Game theory
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss game theory, the mathematical study of decision-making.
10 May 2012
Featuring: Ian Stewart, Andrew Colman, Richard Bradley
