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+ Radio

  • The Genesis Factor, a three part BBC series on the origin of life, adapted to a four part series for ABC Radio National.
  • BBC Radio 3: series of 45 minute documentaries, featuring chaos theory, complexity theory, the origin of the universe, profiles of Niels Bohr and John Wheeler, the foundations of quantum mechanics (available as a book) and superstrings (available as a book).
  • BBC World Service: series of 30 minute documentaries

+ Television

Significant productions

  • The Cradle of Life, a one-hour science documentary for BBC TV broadcast in 2002, and linked to The Faraday Prize.
  • The Big Questions, a six-part science and philosophy series for Australian SBS TV Channel, broadcast in 1995.
  • More Big Questions, follow-up TV series broadcast in 1998.

^ The Big Questions - a six part documentary series

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+ Recent Radio
   Programs

Monday November 28 2005,
I presented the extraordinary story of the wire telegraph, with special reference to the 1872 Australian overland telegraph project, in a special BBC Radio 4 documentary "Wire around the world" broadcasted at 11am GMT on Monday November 28. The soundtrack can beaccessed from the BBC website.

The Genesis Factor, a three part BBC series on the originBBC website

Wednesday 25th June 2005, Einstein’s miracle year: Paul Davies presents a special edition of The Science Show on ABC Radio National, devoted to Einstein – the man, his life and his work, 100 years after his annus mirabilis.

+ Transcripts


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