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Beautiful Minds

Series 1

Episode 2: James Lovelock

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

James Lovelock discusses his controversial theory that proposes Earth be seen as a single living organism and the consequences that this could have for its future. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
James Lovelock
Director:
Paul Bernays
Series Producer:
Diana Hill
Executive Producer:
Anne Laking

Beautiful Minds

Series 1

Episode 3: Tim Hunt

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Sir Tim Hunt talks about his discovery of the mechanism of cell division and reveals his own opinions on the thought processes, logical and emotional, that led to it. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Diana Hill
Series Producer:
Diana Hill
Executive Producer:
Anne Laking

Beautiful Minds

Series 2

Episode 2: Professor Andre Geim

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Andre Geim reveals how his playful approach to research helped him uncover the properties of graphene, the world's thinnest material, and won him a Nobel Prize. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Andre Geim
Participant:
Andre Geim
Participant:
Andre Geim
Director:
Penny Palmer
Director:
Penny Palmer
Director:
Penny Palmer
Producer:
Penny Palmer
Producer:
Penny Palmer
Producer:
Penny Palmer
Executive Producer:
Sacha Baveystock
Executive Producer:
Sacha Baveystock
Executive Producer:
Sacha Baveystock

Beautiful Minds

Series 2

Episode 1: Professor Jenny Clack

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Jenny Clack recounts how she overcame setbacks before she found and described a fossil which offered new evidence of how fish made the transition onto land. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Jenny Clack
Participant:
Jenny Clack
Director:
Alex Steinitz
Director:
Alex Steinitz
Producer:
Alex Steinitz
Producer:
Alex Steinitz
Executive Producer:
Sacha Baveystock
Executive Producer:
Sacha Baveystock

Beautiful Minds

Series 1

Episode 1: Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell describes how she discovered pulsars, the by-products of supernova explosions which make all life possible. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Diana Hill
Executive Producer:
Anne Laking

Beautiful Minds

Series 2

Episode 3: Professor Richard Dawkins

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Dawkins discusses his book, the Selfish Gene, which divided the scientific community and made him the most influential evolutionary biologist of his time. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Richard Dawkins
Participant:
Richard Dawkins
Executive Producer:
Sacha Baveystock
Executive Producer:
Sacha Baveystock