The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion — Season 1
About this season
Michael Mosley takes an informative and ambitious journey exploring how the evolution of scientific understanding is intimately interwoven with society's historical path
Episodes (6)
1. What Is Out There?
Aired 27 April 2010 • 60 min
How we came to understand our planet was not at the centre of everything in the cosmos.
2. What Is the World Made Of?
Aired 4 May 2010 • 60 min
How atomic theories and concepts of quantum physics underpin modern technology.
3. How Did We Get Here?
Aired 11 May 2010 • 60 min
Michael Mosley tells how scientists came to explain the diversity of life on earth.
4. Can We Have Unlimited Power?
Aired 18 May 2010 • 60 min
The story of how power has been harnessed from wind, steam and from inside the atom.
5. What Is the Secet of Life?
Aired 25 May 2010 • 60 min
The story of how the secret of life has been examined through the prism of the human body.
6. Who Are We?
Aired 1 June 2010 • 60 min
The sciences of brain anatomy and psychology have offered different visions of who we are.