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Genius of Britain: The Scientists Who Changed the World is a five-part 2010 television documentary presented by leading British scientific figures, which charts the history of some of Britain's most important scientists and innovators. [1] Presenters. Main Host. Stephen Hawking – Theoretical Physicist, Cosmologist. Segment Presenters.
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Genius of Britain: The Scientists Who Changed the World: With Jim Al-Khalili, Richard Dawkins, James Dyson, Stephen Hawking. Charismatic men of action and reclusive eccentrics. Eureka moments and serendipitous strokes of luck. Discoveries born of crisis and insatiable curiosity.
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- 2010-05-30
- Documentary
- Jim Al-Khalili, Richard Dawkins, James Dyson
May 30, 2010 · 30 May 2010. We may only be a small island, but Britain's great scientists and inventors have literally created the modern world, from the invention of the steam engine, computers and the...
Genius of Britain: The Scientists Who Changed the World. Topics. Britain, Genius, Brain, Invention, Science. Episode 1. Three and a half centuries ago, a small group of British friends, colleagues and rivals, including Newton, Wren and Halley, defied everything that was known about the world at that time. Episode 2.
A superstar array of modern-day scientists share the history of five polymaths--experts in a wide variety of subjects and fields--who put Britain's brilliance firmly on the map, united by a passion to understand a comet in the sky.
With Jim Al-Khalili, Richard Dawkins, James Dyson, Stephen Hawking. A second generation of British scientists includes the son of a boat builder, a charismatic risk-taker, an unsung botanist pioneer, and the visionary who kick-started the Industrial Revolution by perfecting the steam engine.
In this five-part series, some of Britain's leading scientific figures (Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, James Dyson, David Attenborough, Robert Winston, Paul Nurse, Jim Al-Khalili, Kathy Sykes and Olivia Judson) tell the stories of the people behind these innovations.
