7.30 Mathematics '64: 2: Clock Arithmetic and Fractions
A series of twenty programmes reflecting new trends in mathematics and in the teaching of mathematics.
Five hours after the end of this programme it will be 1 a.m. We can describe this 'addition' as '8+5=1.' How important is this idea?
'Five-ninths' is a fraction familiar to taxpayers, but is '5/9 'one' number or two?
Presented by Professor W. H. Cockcroft.
8.0 Men and Money: 2: A Question of Confidence
Written by Paul Ferris.
Spoken by Tony Garnett.
A series of six programmes about the City of London.
In one square mile can be found most of the important financial figures in the country. Who are they? What do they do? What is their power and influence?
The system is largely sustained by confidence ... in what?
8.45 Materials for the Engineer: 2: Metals Under Stress
A series of nine programmes on the science of materials made in collaboration with the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London.
Principal speaker, Professor J.G. Ball
9.15 Power in British Politics: 2: The Growth of the Parties
A series of six programmes which describe the development of our political system and show where power lies today.
This describes how the political parties have been shaped by the events of the last hundred years. In this programme Earl Attlee K.G., O.M., C.H. talks about his early days in the Labour Party.
Introduced by Maurice Shock, Tutor in Politics, University College, Oxford.