Steven Bramwell
Director of the London Centre for Nanotechnology and Professor of Physics at University College London.
3 episodes
Appears in multiple episodes with: Frank Close
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Lise Meitner
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the only woman to have an atomic element named solely after her (Meitnerium), in recognition of her role in solving the question of nuclear fission.
08 May 2025
Also featuring: Jess Wade, Frank Close
ScienceFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesJewish women scientistsWinners of the Max Planck MedalForeign members of the Royal SocietyAustrian LutheransConverts to Lutheranism from JudaismMembers of the Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesWomen nuclear physicistsDiscoverers of chemical elementsRecipients of the Austrian Decoration for Science and ArtRecipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class)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