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The Eureka Years

Series exploring spectacular years in the history of science

Radio 4,9 episodes

Episodes

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Series 4
1650: Coffee, Cosmology and the Civil War
The first coffeehouse opens in Oxford and signals the beginning of a new age of reason.
11 Jul 2008,30 mins
Series 4
1923 - Traffic Lights and Frozen Food
The story of the man who made us all stop for a moment of peace at traffic lights.
18 Jul 2008,30 mins
Series 4
1893
The internal combustion engine, hailed as the answer to pollution in London, is born.
25 Jul 2008,30 mins
Series 4
1879
The light bulb and the first moving pictures appeared.
01 Aug 2008,30 mins
Series 3
1965
Huge advances in military technology would later fuel the race to the moon.
29 Aug 2007,30 mins
Series 3
1866
Charles Darwin is an international celebrity, but Gregor Mendel holds the key to heredity.
05 Sep 2007,30 mins
Series 3
1628
Royal Physician William Harvey demonstrates that blood circulates around the body.
12 Sep 2007,30 mins
Series 3
1905
Albert Einstein develops a theory of relativity with some help from his shaving mirror.
19 Sep 2007,30 mins
26/12/2008
Adam Hart-Davis explores the history of the technology of Christmas.
26 Dec 2008,30 mins