The Reith Lectures
Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series.
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Mistaken Identities: Culture
Sat 12 Nov 2016 23:06 GMT
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Gravitational Waves
Have Einstein’s gravitational waves finally been observed?
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Scientific ideas to make you look smart
Jim Al-Khalili invites you to brush up on your scientific icebreakers.
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Stephen Hawking on black holes
'I want to encourage people to explore the known and the, as yet, unknown'.
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Nine top science jokes
WARNING: You might need to be a scientist to find these funny.
The Reith Lectures on Radio 4
The Reith Lecture archive, with recordings going back to 1948; plus galleries, clips and downloads.
The Archive Hour: Reith at 60
Professor Laurie Taylor marks the 60th anniversary of the Reith Lectures, charting their evolution, controversies and influence. Listen to The Archive Hour: Reith at 60.
A brief history of Stephen Hawking
His life, career and influences. Image: NASA
Inside the Mind of Professor Stephen Hawking
What's in the mind of the world’s most famous physicist?
The discoveries that made Stephen Hawking famous
Revelations that have changed the way we see the world. Image: Alamy
Science and the Universe
Reith lecturers make sense of the world and beyond.
