Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Visiting Professor in Astrophysics at Oxford University
3 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
The Vacuum of Space
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Vacuum of Space, from the innards of the atom to the outer reaches of space.
30 April 2009
Also featuring: Frank Close, Ruth Gregory
The Speed of Light
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the speed of light, from its first measurement in the 17th Century to Einstein’s groundbreaking ideas on relativity.
30 November 2006
Also featuring: John Barrow, Iwan Morus
Black Holes
Melvyn Bragg discusses Black Holes, the dead collapsed ghosts of massive stars.
12 April 2001
Also featuring: Martin Rees, Martin Ward