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On Giants' Shoulders

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Six-part series in which Melvyn Bragg talks to today's great scientists and historians about the giants who have made scientific history.
5: Faraday- the Gentleman Chemist Michael Faraday was a blacksmith's son who rose to become the most eminent scientist of his day. With
Professor Sir John Meurig Thomas. Producer Ruth Gardiner

Contributors

Talks:
Melvyn Bragg
Unknown:
Michael Faraday
Unknown:
Sir John Meurig Thomas.
Producer:
Ruth Gardiner
Source: Radio Times

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