Richard Dawkins
evolutionary biologist and the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University
4 episodes
Appears in multiple episodes with: Linda Partridge
Covers topics in categories such as:
Altruism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss altruism, described as “an unselfish attention to the needs of others” but how does this square with Darwin’s theory of Evolution?
23 November 2006
Also featuring: Miranda Fricker, John Dupré
The Origins of Life
Melvyn Bragg discusses how the world’s first organic matter originated, nearly four billion years ago. What is the single common ancestor from which all living matter on our planet derives?
23 September 2004
Also featuring: Richard Corfield, Linda Partridge
Genetics
Melvyn Bragg discusses the development of the science of genetics, from the early work of Gregor Mendel to modern research on genes and heredity.
13 December 2001
Also featuring: Steve Jones, Linda Partridge
Science's Revelations
Melvyn Bragg discusses whether the mass of scientific understanding and knowledge that we have accumulated has destroyed our sense of poetic wonder at the world.
29 October 1998
Also featuring: Ian McEwan