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In Our Time: The companion to the Radio 4 series
Hodder & Stoughton
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Description for In Our Time: The companion to the Radio 4 series
Paperback. Published to tie-in with the new series of the popular BBC Radio 4 programme, IN OUR TIME guides us through the most significant moments in our history. Num Pages: 608 pages, B & W throughout. BIC Classification: HBG; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 490.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340977521
SKU
V9780340977521
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About Hodder & Stoughton
Melvyn Bragg is a writer and broadcaster whose first novel, For Want of a Nail, was published in 1965. His novels since include The Maid of Buttermere, The Soldier's Return, A Son of War, Credo and Now is the Time, which won the Parliamentary Book Award for fiction in 2016. His books have also been awarded the Time/Life Silver Pen ... Read more
Reviews for In Our Time: The companion to the Radio 4 series
IN OUR TIME's success derives in part from the interested public having Melvyn Bragg in their corner... his lack of intellectual vanity is impress, but so is his grasp of the subjects at hand.
Times Literary Supplement
These transcripts select a treasure-trove of discussions from a decade of the Radio 4 jewel.
the Independent
'The best ... Read more
Times Literary Supplement
These transcripts select a treasure-trove of discussions from a decade of the Radio 4 jewel.
the Independent
'The best ... Read more