The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion

April. 27,2010      TV-PG
Rating:
8.2
Trailer Synopsis

Michael Mosley takes an informative and ambitious journey exploring how the evolution of scientific understanding is intimately interwoven with society's historical path

Seasons & Episode

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Seasons 1 : 2010

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6 Episode

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Episode 1 - What Is Out There?
April. 27,2010

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

Episode 2 - What Is the World Made Of?
May. 04,2010

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

Episode 3 - How Did We Get Here?
May. 11,2010

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

Episode 4 - Can We Have Unlimited Power?
May. 18,2010

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

Episode 5 - What Is the Secet of Life?
May. 25,2010

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

Episode 6 - Who Are We?
June. 01,2010

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

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