Good ideas, plus pencil and paper, jars of chemicals or greenhouses of plants are no longer enough to make a scientist. To carry out research today, nearly all scientists, from theoretical physicists to experimental psychologists, need the support of an institute or university.
In the last of six programmes, Colin Tudge passes through a leading laboratory and discovers what makes it and its staff tick.
Transport and Road Research Laboratory Producer GEOFF DEEHAN
(Re-broadcast next Saturday)