TV Show
TV-PG
74%The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion
Documentary
Michael Mosley takes an informative and ambitious journey exploring how the evolution of scientific understanding is intimately interwoven with society's historical path
Apr 27, 20101 seasons6 episodesEndedEN
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Episodes
1–6 of 6
Ep 1What Is Out There?
Apr 27, 2010
60m
How we came to understand our planet was not at the centre of everything in the cosmos.
Ep 2What Is the World Made Of?
May 4, 2010
60m
How atomic theories and concepts of quantum physics underpin modern technology.
Ep 3How Did We Get Here?
May 11, 2010
60m
Michael Mosley tells how scientists came to explain the diversity of life on earth.
Ep 4Can We Have Unlimited Power?
May 18, 2010
60m
The story of how power has been harnessed from wind, steam and from inside the atom.
Ep 5What Is the Secet of Life?
May 25, 2010
60m
The story of how the secret of life has been examined through the prism of the human body.
Ep 6Who Are We?
Jun 1, 2010
60m
The sciences of brain anatomy and psychology have offered different visions of who we are.
Networks
BBC Two
GB
