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Science Stories: Series 4

Lise Meitner

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa

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How physicist Lise Meitner unlocked the science of the atom bomb after a terrifying escape from Hitler's Germany. Show more

Discovery

Science Stories: Series 4

Alcuin of York

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa

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How do you get a wolf, a goat and a cabbage across a river without them eating or being eaten by each other? Philip Ball uncovers the author of this famous puzzle in the Dark Ages Show more

Discovery

Science Stories: Series 4

Maria Merian

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa

Available for over a year

Naomi Alderman explores the life and legacy of the first field ecologist – a woman named Maria Merian, who developed the theory of metamorphosis in the 1600s. Show more