Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Charles Burnett

Professor of the History of Islamic Influences on Europe at the Warburg Institute, University of London

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Covers topics in categories such as:

Philosophy1st-century RomansAncient occultistsAncient Roman geographersClaudiiEpigrammatists of the Greek AnthologyAncient Greek geographers2nd-century Romans2nd-century Greek philosophersAncient Greek music theorists

  1. Ptolemy and Ancient Astronomy

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the last of the great Greek astronomers of antiquity, Ptolemy, and his influence on ancient and medieval astronomy.

    17 November 2011

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    Also featuring: Liba Taub, Jim Bennett

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    Philosophy1st-century RomansAncient occultistsAncient Roman geographersClaudiiEpigrammatists of the Greek AnthologyAncient Greek geographers2nd-century Romans2nd-century Greek philosophersAncient Greek music theorists