A programme for children at home.
Storyteller this week: Leslie French
(to 11.30)
The fifth day's play at Trent Bridge.
(to 18.05)
for Tuesday
and the latest news
7.30 Mathematics '64: 8: Mathematics for Children
A series of twenty programmes reflecting new trends in mathematics and in the teaching of mathematics.
Must '15' always mean fifteen' for seven-year-olds? Multi-base arithmetic, set language, and motion geometry are among the classroom topics discussed in this week's programme.
Presented by Alan Tammadge.
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8.0 Revolution Round the Corner: 2: Machines for Tomorrow
A series of six programmes examining the social, economic, and technological implications of automation.
Introduced by Derek Cooper.
8.45 Materials for the Engineer: 8: Materials for the Nuclear Age
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 One Hundred Years of Marxism: 2: The Theory of Revolution
A series of nine programmes describing the development of Communist theory and practice from the time of Karl Marx to the present day.
Eric Hobsbawm, Reader in History at Birkbeck College, University of London, relates some of Karl Marx's most important ideas to the period of political and industrial change in which he lived.
A session of Dixieland Jazz with Alex Welsh and his Band.
Guest trumpet star, Henry 'Red' Allen Jr. one of the veterans of New Orleans Jazz
Introduced by Steve Race.
(Henry 'Red' Allen Jr. appears by arrangement with Harold Davison)
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and a look at tomorrow