The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion
The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion: Season 1

Air Date

April 27, 2010

Episodes

6 episodes

The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion

Season 1

Episodes

What Is Out There?

1. What Is Out There?

April 27, 2010
60 min

How we came to understand our planet was not at the centre of everything in the cosmos.

What Is the World Made Of?

2. What Is the World Made Of?

May 4, 2010
60 min

How atomic theories and concepts of quantum physics underpin modern technology.

How Did We Get Here?

3. How Did We Get Here?

May 11, 2010
60 min

Michael Mosley tells how scientists came to explain the diversity of life on earth.

Can We Have Unlimited Power?

4. Can We Have Unlimited Power?

May 18, 2010
60 min

The story of how power has been harnessed from wind, steam and from inside the atom.

What Is the Secet of Life?

5. What Is the Secet of Life?

May 25, 2010
60 min

The story of how the secret of life has been examined through the prism of the human body.

Who Are We?

6. Who Are We?

June 1, 2010
60 min

The sciences of brain anatomy and psychology have offered different visions of who we are.