Napoleon Beyond the Battlefield
Born in Corsica to a family of minor Italian nobility, he studied in France, where he became an officer in the artillery and then a general during the French Revolution. Having gained prestige and est...
3 Mar 202515min
All You Need To Know About Subway Systems
From the first underground steam railways in London to modern electrical systems, this episode traces the technological progress and the challenges faced. It examines how cities such as New York, Pari...
2 Mar 202547min
What Was God Like for Albert Einstein?
Albert Einstein's perspectives on God, religion and the universe, tracing the evolution of his thought from early family influences to his conception of a ‘cosmic spirituality.’
1 Mar 202535min
How the String Theory is the Theory of Everything
In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called strings. String theory describes how these str...
28 Feb 202530min
How The Space Shuttle Worked
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space ...
27 Feb 202527min
The End Of The Universe
One of the possible ends of the universe is the ‘Big freeze’, namely a continuous expansion coupled with a slow cooling during which all matter would end up disintegrating. But other scenarios are als...
26 Feb 202513min
Am I My Brain?
For the past thirty years or so, the brain has been all the rage. We could explain everything by brain mechanisms. Not only how we see and how we speak, but also how we think and how we make mistakes,...
25 Feb 202518min
A Salary For Life
I sometimes wonder what I would do if I were an income-only earner. If I had money coming in every month, no matter what. Would I still work, if only for the need for social recognition? Or would I ta...
24 Feb 202517min
