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11	In our Time Programme 41 Mathematics and Storytelling Melvyn Bragg : Hello. Today I speak to John Allen Paulos and Marina Warner to examine the links between mathematics and story telling. According to anthropologists t Add to Reading List Source URL: www.angelfire.com Language: English - Date: 2002-07-05 05:41:33 Mathematics Cinema of the United Kingdom Humanities Numeracy Innumeracy Melvyn Bragg Villain 9 Mathematics education Humor research John Allen Paulos
12	In our Time Programme 86 Nuclear Physics Melvyn Bragg : Hello, one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs of the 20th century and certainly the most controversial was the development of nuclear physics. Harnessing t Add to Reading List Source URL: www.angelfire.com Language: English - Date: 2002-07-05 05:44:22 Radioactivity Baryons Radiation Nuclear fission Alpha particle Nuclear reaction Radioactive decay Neutron Atomic nucleus Physics Nuclear physics Nuclear chemistry
13	In our Time Programme 84 The Sea Melvyn Bragg : Hello.. In 1870, when Jules Verne described the deep ocean in 2000 leagues sunder the sea he wrote "The sea is an immense desert, where man is never alone, for he feels li Add to Reading List Source URL: www.angelfire.com Language: English - Date: 2002-07-05 05:43:19 Politics of the United States International relations 9 Condoleezza Rice Government
14	In our Time Programme 83 Evil Melvyn Bragg : Hello. In "Beyond Good and Evil", Nietsczhe constructed an argument against what he called "the herd morality of Christianity". He complained quote "Everything that elevates Add to Reading List Source URL: www.angelfire.com Language: English - Date: 2002-07-05 05:43:17 Philosophy of religion Epicureanism Ancient Greek philosophers Theodicy Jewish philosophy Problem of evil Evil Plato Eudaimonia Philosophy Ethics Religious philosophy
15	In our Time Programme 23 Animal Rights Melvyn Bragg : Hello, today we look at one of the most impassioned debates of the late 20th century in this country, animal rights, and the use of animals in furthering scientific Add to Reading List Source URL: www.angelfire.com Language: English - Date: 2002-07-05 05:40:51 Animal welfare Bioethics Rights OneKind 9 Colin Blakemore Peter Singer Animal rights Biology Animal testing
16	In our Time Programme 33 Memory Melvyn Bragg : Hello, as every second passes humanity has a moment more to remember, and perhaps this fact alone goes some way to explaining the ever changing role of memory both in the m Add to Reading List Source URL: www.angelfire.com Language: English - Date: 2002-07-05 05:41:16 Memory Psychology Cognitive science Collective memory Sigmund Freud Thought 9 Mind Mental processes Neuropsychological assessment
17	In our Time Programme 81 Black Holes Melvyn Bragg : Hello, black holes have been described as "the dead collapsed ghosts of massive stars". They have an irresistible gravitational pull, even light submits. Their dark swi Add to Reading List Source URL: www.angelfire.com Language: English - Date: 2002-07-05 05:43:06 Supermassive black hole White hole General relativity Event horizon Future of an expanding universe Gravitation Quasar Micro black hole Fuzzball Physics Black holes Astronomy
18	In our Time Programme 53 Prayer Melvyn Bragg : Hello, why do people pray? Is it for the benefit of God or for our own sake? Is it a good Christian weapon, as Martin Luther defined it, and as Mahatma Ghandi put it, "The Add to Reading List Source URL: www.angelfire.com Language: English - Date: 2002-07-05 05:42:01 Christian prayer Behavior Frank Sinatra: Live at Melbourne Festival Hall Mental prayer 9 Prayer The Organ
19	In our Time Programme 40 Origins of the Species Melvyn Bragg : Hello, in the middle of the last century two men, Gregor Mendel an Austrian monk and Charles Darwin an English Naturalist, established the central theories Add to Reading List Source URL: www.angelfire.com Language: English - Date: 2002-07-05 05:41:28 Evolutionary biology Selection Matt Ridley Northern Rock The Selfish Gene 9 Natural selection Gene Frank Sinatra: Live at Melbourne Festival Hall Biology Science Genetics
20	In our Time Programme 58 Global Economy Melvyn Bragg : Hello, is democracy the truest conduit of capitalism or do the forces that make us rich run counter, in the end to the democratic institutions that safeguard our ri Add to Reading List Source URL: www.angelfire.com Language: English - Date: 2002-07-05 05:42:16 Development studies Population Amartya Sen Bengali people The Hunger Project 9 Famine Development Economics Indian people