The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion

📊 Series Specifications

Network BBC Two
Episode Runtime ~60 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 6
Original Language EN
Creator Aidan Laverty

The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion (2010)

Created by Aidan Laverty
⭐ 3.8 / 5 (14 votes) 🎬 1 Seasons 📼 6 Episodes 🏷️ Documentary 📡 Ended
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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 & Episodes

E1 What Is Out There?

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

E2 What Is the World Made Of?

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

E3 How Did We Get Here?

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

E4 Can We Have Unlimited Power?

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

E5 What Is the Secet of Life?

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

E6 Who Are We?

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