Liba Taub
Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University
3 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
PhilosophyScience1st-century RomansSilver Age Latin writersAncient occultistsAncient Roman geographersPhilosophers of Roman ItalyApplied and interdisciplinary physicsClaudiiEpigrammatists of the Greek AnthologyAncient Greek geographers2nd-century Romans2nd-century Greek philosophersAncient Greek music theoristsAncient Roman encyclopedistsAncient Roman antiquarians1st-century geographersPlinii, Ancient Roman scientists, People from ComoOceanography, Physical geography
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
Also featuring: Jim Bennett, Charles Burnett
Pliny's Natural History
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Pliny the Elder's Natural History, a comprehensive and influential encyclopedia of the natural sciences written in the first century AD.
8 July 2010
Also featuring: Serafina Cuomo, Aude Doody
Meteorology
Melvyn Bragg discusses the fascinating and mystifying science of meteorology.
6 March 2003
Also featuring: Vladimir Janković, Richard Hamblyn