Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Raymond Flood

University Lecturer in Computing Studies and Mathematics and Senior Tutor at Kellogg College, Oxford

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2 episodes

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  1. The Laws of Motion

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Isaac Newton’s Laws of Motion – three sentences that explain the movements of everything from planets to ping pong balls.

    3 April 2008

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    Also featuring: Simon Schaffer, Rob Iliffe

     
  2. Negative numbers

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the history of negative numbers, from the trailblazing Chinese to the suspicious Europeans.

    9 March 2006

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    Also featuring: Ian Stewart, Colva Roney-Dougal