The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion - Season 1

Season 1

Episodes

What Is Out There?
Michael Mosley explores how history has shaped science. He looks at how we came to understand that our planet was not at the centre of everything in the cosmos.

What Is the World Made Of?
Michael Mosley explores how history shaped science. Here, he looks at how atomic theories and the strange concepts of quantum physics came into being.

How Did We Get Here?
Michael Mosley reveals how the history of all life on earth, including us, is connected to the long and violent history of our planet.

Can We Have Unlimited Power?
Michael Mosley shows how the most power-hungry generation that has ever lived has harnessed its power from wind, steam and from inside the atom.

What Is the Secret of Life?
How the secret of life has been examined through the prism of the most complex organism known, the human body, from anatomy to the structure of DNA.

Who Are We?
The twin sciences of brain anatomy and psychology have offered different visions of who we are. Now these sciences are coming together and revealing surprising truths.
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