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Experiments that Changed the World

Experiments that changed the way we interact with the world

World Service,8 episodes

Episodes

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Archimedes' Bathtub
Eureka! is famously attributed to Archimedes
04 Mar 2000,13 mins
Galileo's Acceleration Experiment
Galileo famously disproved Aristotle's theory on motion
08 Mar 2000,13 mins
Joseph Priestley's Soda Water
Did you know two mice discovered oxygen?
16 May 2000,13 mins
Nikolaas Tinbergen's Basic Instincts
The study of animal behaviour was developed by Nikolaas Tinbergen
24 May 2000,13 mins
Wilhelm Rontgen's Skeleton
X-rays allow doctors to see inside the human body
24 May 2000,13 mins
William Beaumont's Stomach Ache
A look at the tube that goes from one end of our body to the other
24 May 2000,13 mins
Louis Pasteur's Milk
He discovered the principles of micro-organisms and bacteria
31 May 2000,13 mins
Otto Hahn's Nuclear Power
First broadcast in 2000. Nuclear fission and the foundation for nuclear power
21 Jun 2000,13 mins