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In Our Time Episodes

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    Al-Kindi

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Arab philosopher Al-Kindi.

  2. Annie Besant

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the 19th-century writer and campaigner Annie Besant.

  3. James Joyce's Ulysses

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss James Joyce's celebrated novel Ulysses.

  4. King Solomon

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the biblical king Solomon.

  5. The Trojan War

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Trojan War, a central event of Ancient Greek mythology

  6. Marco Polo

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the celebrated Venetian explorer Marco Polo.

  7. Clausewitz and On War

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Clausewitz's influential treatise On War.

  8. Game Theory

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss game theory, the mathematical study of decision-making

  9. Voltaire's Candide

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Voltaire's satirical novel Candide, published in 1759.

  10. The Battle of Bosworth Field

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.

  11. Neoplatonism

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient philosophical school of Neoplatonism.

  12. Early Geology

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the emergence of geology as a scientific discipline.

  13. George Fox and the Quakers

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins of Quakerism.

  14. The Measurement of Time

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the measurement of time.

  15. Moses Mendelssohn

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the German-Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn.

  16. Vitruvius and De Architectura

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Vitruvius's De Architectura.

  17. Lyrical Ballads

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Wordsworth and Coleridge's Lyrical Ballads.

  18. Benjamin Franklin

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Benjamin Franklin.

  19. Conductors and Semiconductors

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physics of electrical conduction.

  20. The An Lushan Rebellion

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the An Lushan Rebellion.

  21. Erasmus

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus.

  22. The Kama Sutra

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Kama Sutra.

  23. The Scientific Method

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Scientific Method.

  24. 1848: Year of Revolution

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss 1848, the year that saw Europe engulfed in revolution.

  25. The Safavid Dynasty

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Safavid Dynasty of early modern Iran.

  27. Macromolecules

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the giant molecules that underpin all life.

  28. Robinson Crusoe

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Daniel Defoe's seminal novel Robinson Crusoe.

  29. The Concordat of Worms

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Concordat of Worms of 1122.

  30. Heraclitus

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus.

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