In Our Time
Author(s): Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time series regularly enlightens and entertains substantial audiences on BBC Radio 4. For this book he has selected episodes which reflect the diversity of the radio programmes, and takes us on an amazing tour through the history of ideas, from philosophy, physics and history to religion, literature and biology. We can discover the reasons for the fall of the Byzantine empire, and why women were persecuted as witches in the seventeenth century. What shape is the origin of life? Where does our calendar come from? We can unearth the influence of prime numbers, Socrates and Tectonic plates. Melvyn Bragg orchestrates the ideas of leading academics in each field so that the dynamic and lively discussion from the programmes comes through vividly on the page. IN OUR TIME brings to life the signposts of history, the moments that significantly changed the world as we know it, and the individuals and ideas that made us what we are today.
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'Melvyn Bragg's matchless colloquies on Radio 4' -- Stephen Fry 'The best programme coming out of the entire corporation these days' -- David Sexton, Sunday Telegraph 'Melvyn Bragg's consistently superb In Our Time' -- John Banville 'What might be the best radio programme ever' -- Oliver Burkeman, Guardian 'Bragg's excellent radio programmes on the subject ...are the basis of this history of English over the past 1,500 years.' -- Guardian on The Adventure of English 'Always readable, often thought-provoking, and consistently entertaining.' -- Independent on The Adventure of English 'This is a highly readable, jargon-free treatise on a notoriously prickly subject. Bragg's affection for his subject is infectious.' -- Observer on
General Fields
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- : Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- : Sceptre
- : 0.42
- : 31 August 2010
- : 196mm X 131mm X 39mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 October 2010
- : books
Special Fields
- : 608
- : 1
- : Paperback
- : Melvyn Bragg
