PART 1

1. William Henry Perkin

2. Cork

3. Crop-growing skyscrapers

4. The story of silk

5. The megafires of California

6. The life and work of Marie Curie

7. Sheet glass manufacture: the float process

8. Stepwells

9. The Falkirk Wheel

10. Raising the Mary Rose

 

PART 2

11. Land of the rising sun

12. Tea and the industrial revolution

13. European transport systems 1990-2010

14. The meaning and power of smell

15. Air traffic control in the USA

16. Is there anybody out there?

17. The little ice age

18. How does the biological clock tick?

19. A Chronicle of Timekeeping

20. Hearing loss

 

PART 3

21. Biological control of pests

22. An introduction to film sound

23. Striking back at lightning with lasers

24. The history of the tortoise

25. Autumn leaves

26. Venus in transit

27. Young children’s sense of identity

28. Reducing the Effects of Climate Change

29. Research using twins

30. Collecting ant specimens