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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 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