Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Daniel Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe. Published in 1719, it was an immediate success and is considered the classic adventure story - the sailor stranded on a desert island who learns to tame the environment and the native population. Robinson Crusoe has been interpreted in myriad ways, from colonial fable to religious instruction manual to capitalist tract, yet it is perhaps best known today as a children’s story. Melvyn Bragg is joined by Karen O’Brien, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Education at the University of Birmingham; Judith Hawley, Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London and Bob Owens, Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the Open University.
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Robinson Crusoe — In Our Time
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The Moon - In Our Time
There are tides on the moon and a blue moon is a real occurrence. A petit peu of Chinese theology as an added bonus.
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The Neutrino - In Our Time (BBC)
Fire a neutrino at a light year of lead and it’s got a 50-50 chance of coming out the other end without hitting anything. They may also travel faster than the speed of light.
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IOT: Schopenhauer 29 Oct 09 from In Our Time With Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg is joined by A.C. Grayling, Beatrice Han-Pile and Christopher Janaway to discuss the dark, pessimistic philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer, which set the tone for much twentieth century thought
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IOT: Logical Positivism 02 Jul 09
Melvyn Bragg discusses Logical Positivism, the radical early twentieth century philosophy movement which began in ‘Red’ Vienna and rejected much of past philosophy as not just false but meaningless. With Barry Smith, Nancy Cartwright and Thomas Uebel
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IOT: Elizabethan and Jacobean Revenge Tragedy
Melvyn Bragg discusses why revenge tragedy was so popular with Elizabethan theatre goers from Thomas Kyd’s Spanish tragedy to Shakespeare’s Hamlet. With Jonathan Bate, Janet Clare and Julie Sanders
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IOT: Magna Carta from In Our Time With Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg is joined by guests Michael Clanchy, Nick Vincent and David Carpenter to discuss Magna Carta; the oft proclaimed foundation of English Liberties.
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IOT: The Vacuum of Space 30 Apr 09
Melvyn Bragg is joined by guests Frank Close, Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Ruth Gregory to discuss the Vacuum of Space.
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IOT: The Building of St Petersburg from In Our Time With Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg is joined by guests Janet Hartley, Anthony Cross and Simon Dixon to discuss the founding and flourishing of Peter the Great’s alternative to Moscow
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IOT: The measurement problem in physics
Melvyn Bragg is joined by Roger Penrose, Basil Hiley and Simon Saunders to discuss the bizarre nature of atoms and the conundrum at the heart of quantum physics
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