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The Unseen - A History of the Invisible

Science writer Philip Ball explores the invisible - a space where magic and science meet.

Radio 4,5 episodes

Episodes

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Invisible Forces
Philip Ball examines the occult influences on Isaac Newton's work on invisible forces.
06 Jun 2016,12 mins
Conjuring the Invisible
Philip Ball examines the curious relationship between science, stage magic and cinema.
07 Jun 2016,12 mins
The Spirit World
Philip Ball reveals that technology can act as a catalyst for belief in spirits or ghosts.
08 Jun 2016,12 mins
The Invisibly Small
Philip Ball examines invention of the microscope and of the world of the invisibly small.
09 Jun 2016,12 mins
Becoming Invisible
Writer Philip Ball meets the physicists who are making real life invisibility cloaks.
10 Jun 2016,12 mins