In Search of Science

Britain's Pivotal Role in Modern Science (3:21)

Isaac Newton (2:31)

Newton's Experiments with Light (2:35)

Newton's "Principia" (2:31)

Newton & Scientific Method (2:10)

WWII English Code-Breakers (5:13)

Role of the Individual in Science (3:23)

Characterizing the Scientific Mind (4:02)

Character vs. Hard Work (2:31)

Henry Cavendish's Hydrogen Experiments (3:52)

Importance of Measurement in Scientific Method (1:15)

London's Royal Institution (2:11)

First Scientific Journal (2:43)

Publishing & Scientific Progress (2:13)

Peer-Reviewed Journals (1:37)

Large Hadron Collider (3:44)

Higgs Boson Particle & Scientific Method (2:48)

Scientific Inquiry as British Priority (1:52)

Preview of Next Episode (0:24)

Credits: Method and Madness: In Search of Science (0:43)

George Foster's Execution (1:18)

Galvinism (2:54)

Fears About Science (1:11)

Early Nineteenth Century Britain (1:31)

Humphrey Davey (1:16)

Nitrogen Triidide Reaction (2:37)

Davey on Knowledge as Power (2:57)

Secret Military Project (2:28)

Rutherford and the Atomic Bomb (1:14)

Rutherford's Finding About Nucleus (2:21)

Uranium 235 (1:21)

Uranium Enrichment (1:20)

Scientists (2:44)

Biology and Controversy (0:40)

Genetic Modification (1:30)

Cambridge (1:28)

Crick and Watson (2:41)

Crick and Watson (0:45)

Fears about Genetic Engineering (2:40)

Anti-GM Foods Campaign (2:28)

Scientists and Public Persuasion (1:17)

John Hunter (2:18)

Hunter's Public Persuasion (2:40)

Animal Rights Activism (1:11)

Medical Experiments on Primates (3:29)

Public Ambivalence About Science (1:23)

Aldini Vindicated (1:03)

Additional Resources & Credits: Frankenstein's Monster: In Search of Science (1:08)

Robert Boyle's Vision (2:56)

How Progress Happens (1:57)

John Tyndall and Nature (2:45)

Tyndall's Experiment (1:13)

Blue Sky and Sunsets (2:28)

Tyndall Supports Microbe Theory (2:06)

Sun (2:52)

Value of Basic Research (2:41)

Value of Targeted Research (2:09)

Scilly Naval Disaster (2:08)

Targeting Problem (1:50)

Bimetallic Strip and Ship's Clocks (0:52)

Calculating Longitude at Sea (1:16)

Victory for Applied Science (1:55)

Science and Progress (1:28)

Prolonging Life through Science (1:25)

Drug Research (3:47)

Danger of Targeted Research (1:19)

William Perkin's Mental Qualities (1:50)

Pursuit of Synthetic Quinine (2:52)

Discovery of Mauveine (2:54)

Francis Crick Institute (1:17)

Francis Crick Institute Philosophy (2:35)

Need for Pure Research (1:05)

Science and Society (1:26)

Credits: Money: In Search of Science (0:45)