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Five Portraits of Science
Episode 1: John Dee
Duration: 15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Cultural historian Jonathan Sawday explores the cultural legacy of Elizabethan alchemist, astrologer and magus John Dee. Show more
Five Portraits of Science
Episode 2: Galileo
Duration: 15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Orwell Prize-winning writer Andrew Brown unpicks the narrative of Galileo's battle with the Roman Inquisition. Show more
Five Portraits of Science
Episode 3: Isaac Newton
Duration: 15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Historian of science Patricia Fara explores how Isaac Newton became the quintessential English genius. Show more
Five Portraits of Science
Episode 4: Marie Curie
Duration: 15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Scientist and novelist Sunetra Gupta considers Marie Curie's reputation as self-sacrificing scientific saint. Show more
Five Portraits of Science
Episode 5: Albert Einstein
Duration: 15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Writer Richard Hamblyn considers the curious cultural afterlife of the quintessential 20th-century scientist, Albert Einstein. Show more