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The 20th Century was a time that saw significant advances in all branches of science. In the 1980s, the BBC decided to preserve a record of some of the great minds behind these remarkable developments and recorded a series of in-depth interviews with Nobel Prize-winning scientists in conversation with biologist and broadcaster Lewis Wolpert.
Never before broadcast, this footage was discovered within the BBC Archive and made available in partnership with BBC World Service and Wellcome Collection. It presents a unique record of key figures from the world of science in the recent past.
Features
- Sir Nevill Mott
Sir Nevill Mott
- Professor Ernest Walton
Professor Ernest Walton
- Niels Jerne
Niels Jerne
- Lord Alexander Todd
Lord Alexander Todd
How playing with iron filings led to a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Nobel Scientists Collection
Lord Alexander Todd
How playing with iron filings led to a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Dr Frederick Sanger
An interview with the scientist who helped unlock the genetic code.
Sir Alan Hodgkin and Sir Andrew Huxley
Discovering how nerves transmit messages around the body.
Professor Antony Hewish
Radio telescopes, pulsars and why stars 'twinkle'.
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