A look at the science of weather modification and how countries all over the world use different methods of cloud seeding to produce water. Great video from BBC show The Science of Superstorms. Watch more high quality videos on the new BBC Worldwide YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/bbcworldwide
Duration : 0:4:1
A fascinating look at how a little girl walking in the sand of the African desert could cause a hurricane 4000 miles away in the USA. Great video from BBC show The Science of Superstorms. Contains some scenes that some viewers may find upsetting. Watch more high quality videos on the new BBC Worldwide YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/bbcworldwide
Duration : 0:2:29
Terry Pratchett talks about how science fiction conventions in his early life inspired him to put pen to paper and pursue his dream of becoming an author. Brilliant clip from BBC show Mark Lawson Talks To: Terry Pratchett. Watch more high quality videos on the new BBC Worldwide YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/bbcworldwide
Duration : 0:2:29
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Comedy sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
Duration : 0:2:9
A BBC documentary examining the great leap in scientific knowledge that took place in the Islamic world between the 8th and 14th centuries.
Isaac Newton is, as most will agree, the greatest physicist of all time.
At the very least, he is the undisputed father of modern optics, or so we are told at school where our textbooks abound with his famous experiments with lenses and prisms, his study of the nature of light and its reflection, and the refraction and decomposition of light into the colours of the rainbow.
Yet, the truth is rather greyer; and I feel it important to point out that, certainly in the field of optics, Newton himself stood on the shoulders of a giant who lived 700 years earlier.
For, without doubt, another great physicist, who is worthy of ranking up alongside Newton, is a scientist born in AD 965 in what is now Iraq who went by the name of al-Hassan Ibn al-Haytham.
Most people in the West will never have even heard of him.
As a physicist myself, I am quite in awe of this man’s contribution to my field, but I was fortunate enough to have recently been given the opportunity to dig a little into his life and work through my recent filming of a three-part BBC Four series on medieval Islamic scientists.
Modern methods
Popular accounts of the history of science typically suggest that no major scientific advances took place in between the ancient Greeks and the European Renaissance.
But just because Western Europe languished in the Dark Ages, does not mean there was stagnation elsewhere. Indeed, the period between the 9th and 13th Centuries marked the Golden Age of Arabic science.
Great advances were made in mathematics, astronomy, medicine, physics, chemistry and philosophy. Among the many geniuses of that period Ibn al-Haytham stands taller than all the others.
First shown on BBC4 05/01/2009
Professor Jim Al-Khalili presents Science and Islam
Duration : 0:10:0
Take a closer look at the gargantuan density of a neutron star as it drifts through space with BBC science show ‘Death Star’. Scientists explian the potential effect an explosion from a neutron star within our galaxy would have on Earth.
Duration : 0:3:41
Scientists attempt to find a unit of measurement to chart the distance and speed of gamma ray bursts. Can any astronomers find the key afterglow and identify where in the universe these explosions are happening? Watch this great clip from BBC science show ‘Death Star’ to find out.
Duration : 0:3:52
BBC Horizon: ‘A War on Science’ was broadcast on BBC Two at 2100GMT on Thursday, 26 January 2006. From the BBC News report “Britons unconvinced on evolution”:Just under half of Britons accept the theory of evolution as the best description for the development of life, according to an opinion poll.Furthermore, more than 40% of those questioned believe that creationism or intelligent design (ID) should be taught in school science lessons.The survey was conducted by Ipsos MORI for the BBC’s Horizon series.Its latest programme, ‘A War on Science’, looks into the attempt to introduce ID into science classes in the US.
Duration : 0:9:53
BBC Horizon: ‘A War on Science’ was broadcast on BBC Two at 2100GMT on Thursday, 26 January 2006. From the BBC News report “Britons unconvinced on evolution”:Just under half of Britons accept the theory of evolution as the best description for the development of life, according to an opinion poll.Furthermore, more than 40% of those questioned believe that creationism or intelligent design (ID) should be taught in school science lessons.The survey was conducted by Ipsos MORI for the BBC’s Horizon series.Its latest programme, ‘A War on Science’, looks into the attempt to introduce ID into science classes in the US.
Duration : 0:9:54
Creepy BBC Radio 4 advert for the start of the Science Fiction Season