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The Reith Lectures

Robert Oppenheimer - Science and the Common Understanding

The Sciences and Man's Community

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Professor Robert Oppenheimer explains how human communities resemble atoms in the final Reith Lecture from his series 'Science and the Common Understanding'. Show more

The Reith Lectures

Robert Oppenheimer - Science and the Common Understanding

Uncommon Sense

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Professor Robert Oppenheimer explains how 'uncommon' sense can sometimes make sense in the fifth Reith Lecture from his series 'Science and the Common Understanding'. Show more

The Reith Lectures

Robert Oppenheimer - Science and the Common Understanding

Atom and Void in the Third Millennium

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Professor Robert Oppenheimer considers the scientists who changed atomic physics in the fourth Reith Lecture from his series 'Science and the Common Understanding'. Show more

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Robert Oppenheimer - Science and the Common Understanding

A Science In Change

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Professor Robert Oppenheimer illustrates the essential elements of new discoveries in the third Reith Lecture from his series 'Science and the Common Understanding'. Show more

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Robert Oppenheimer - Science and the Common Understanding

Science as Action: Rutherford's World

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Professor Robert Oppenheimer explores the importance of Rutherford and the alpha-particle in his second Reith Lecture from his series 'Science and the Common Understanding'. Show more

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Robert Oppenheimer - Science and the Common Understanding

Newton: the Path of Light

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Professor Robert Oppenheimer explores the advancement of scientific knowledge in the first Reith Lecture from his series 'Science and the Common Understanding'. Show more