Physics
Desert Island Discs. Professor Jim Al-Khalili. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young's castaway is the physicist Professor Jim Al-Khalili.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Unavailable
Frontiers. Dark Matter. Audio, 30 minutes
Sue Nelson joins scientists down a mine on their search for the elusive dark matter.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Athene Donald. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young's castaway is scientist Athene Donald.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. The Measurement Problem in Physics. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the measurement problem in physics.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Godel's Incompleteness Theorems. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mathematician Kurt Godel and his work.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Physics Rocks. Audio, 30 minutes
Brian Cox meets some celebrity physics enthusiasts, including Alan Alda and Eddie Izzard.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Big Bang Day: Engineering Solutions. Audio, 45 minutes
Adam Hart-Davis follows the construction of the Large Hadron Collider atom smasher at CERN
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Albert Einstein. Audio, 30 minutes
Scientist and broadcaster Kathy Sykes chooses the iconic physicist, Albert Einstein.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Frontiers. Invisibility Cloaks. Audio, 30 minutes
No longer stuck in the realm of fantasy, the invisibility cloak is to become a reality.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Peter Mansfield. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is physicist Peter Mansfield
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Mathematics and Music. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg examines the mathematical structures that lie within the heart of music.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Frontiers. A Theory of Everything. Audio, 30 minutes
Frontiers this week looks at the latest candidates for a 'Theory of Everything'.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Experiments that Changed the World. Wilhelm Rontgen's Skeleton. Audio, 14 minutes
X-rays allow doctors to see inside the human body
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Acid Test. Atmospheric Pressure. Audio, 14 minutes
Using everyday household objects to show the effects of atmospheric pressure
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Experiments that Changed the World. Galileo's Acceleration Experiment. Audio, 13 minutes
Galileo famously disproved Aristotle's theory on motion
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Experiments that Changed the World. Archimedes' Bathtub. Audio, 13 minutes
Eureka! is famously attributed to Archimedes
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Acid Test. Diving. Audio, 14 minutes
Using everyday household objects to explain how fish and divers move around in the sea
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Acid Test. Making a Rainbow. Audio, 13 minutes
Demonstrating how to make a rainbow using a mirror and some water
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Acid Test. Measuring Electric Charge. Audio, 14 minutes
Using everyday household objects to measure an electric charge
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Acid Test. Sound. Audio, 14 minutes
Using everyday household objects to demonstrate the properties of sound
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Acid Test. Trains and Table Tennis Balls. Audio, 13 minutes
What do fast moving trains and table tennis balls have in common?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Visionaries. Big Bangs. Audio, 4 minutes
Professor of theoretical physics Michio Kaku predicts the discovery of new universes
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Joseph Rotblat. Audio, 56 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is physicist Joseph Rotblat
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
