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Bismarck
Melvyn Bragg discusses the original Iron Chancellor, Otto Von Bismarck.
Epistolary Literature
Melvyn Bragg discusses epistolary literature from Aphra Benn to Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Microbiology
Melvyn Bragg discusses the history of microbiology, the study of microscopic life.
Optics
Melvyn Bragg discusses the history of the science of optics
Wilberforce
Melvyn Bragg examines the life of anti-slavery campaigner, William Wilberforce.
Heart of Darkness
Melvyn Bragg discusses Joseph Conrad’s novel, Heart of Darkness.
Popper
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Anglo-Austrian philosopher Karl Popper.
Genghis Khan
Melvyn Bragg discusses Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire.
Archimedes
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Greek mathematician Archimedes and his famous cry of “eureka!”
The Jesuits
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Jesuits, “the school masters of Europe”.
