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In Our Time Episodes

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    Euclid's Elements

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Elements of Euclid.

  2. 1816, the Year Without a Summer

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 1816, known as the year without a summer.

  3. The Neutron

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the neutron.

  4. The Sikh Empire

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the Sikh Empire.

  5. Agrippina the Younger

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman empress Agrippina the Younger.

  6. Aurora Leigh

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

  7. Bedlam

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the early history of Bethlehem Hospital, known as Bedlam.

  8. The Maya Civilization

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Maya civilization in central America.

  9. The Dutch East India Company

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dutch East India Company.

  10. Mary Magdalene

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mary Magdalene, one of the best-known figures in the Bible

  11. Robert Hooke

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 17th-century scientist Robert Hooke.

  12. Rumi's Poetry

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poetry of Rumi (1207-1273).

  13. Chromatography

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origins, development and uses of chromatography.

  14. Eleanor of Aquitaine

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Eleanor of Aquitaine, the most powerful woman of her time.

  15. Thomas Paine's Common Sense

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense, published in 1776.

  16. Saturn

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the planet Saturn.

  17. Tristan and Iseult

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the story of Tristan and Iseult.

  18. Michael Faraday

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scientist Michael Faraday.

  19. Circadian Rhythms

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss circadian rhythms.

  20. Chinese Legalism

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Chinese Legalism from the time of the First Emperor.

  21. Voyages of James Cook

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the voyages of James Cook, as suggested by listeners.

  22. The Salem Witch Trials

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Salem witch trials.

  23. Emma

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emma, the novel by Jane Austen.

  24. The Battle of Lepanto

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Battle of Lepanto, 1571.

  25. P v NP

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mathematical problem of P versus NP.

  26. The Empire of Mali

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the empire of Mali.

  27. Simone de Beauvoir

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, work and life of Simone de Beauvoir.

  28. Holbein at the Tudor Court

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Holbein at the court of Henry VIII.

  29. Alexander the Great

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and legacy of Alexander the Great.

  30. Perpetual Motion

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss perpetual motion.

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