Steven Bramwell
Professor of Physics at University College London
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
Kinetic Theory
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the growth of ideas about gas pressure, from Newton's theory that static particles push against each other to Maxwell and Boltzmann's moving atoms.
23 May 2019
Also featuring: Isobel Falconer, Ted Forgan
Perpetual motion
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how the laws of thermodynamics put a stop to the idea perpetual motion.
24 September 2015
Also featuring: Ruth Gregory, Frank Close