Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Stephen Blundell

Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Mansfield College

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3 episodes

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  1. Superconductivity

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas about why some materials lose their electrical resistance at low temperatures and expel their magnetic field and why that matters.

    26 January 2023

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    Also featuring: Nigel Hussey, Suchitra Sebastian

     
  2. The Earth's core

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Earth's solid inner core and liquid outer core, their structures and their impact on life on Earth.

    30 April 2015

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    Also featuring: Arwen Deuss, Simon Redfern

     
  3. Absolute Zero

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss absolute zero, the theoretical lower limit of temperature.

    7 March 2013

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    Also featuring: Simon Schaffer, Nicola Wilkin