Five Portraits of Science

Series considering how five real-life scientists have been portrayed in culture, examining along the way ideas of genius, inspiration and authority.

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Death in Trieste
A 1760s murder still informs ideas about aesthetics, a certain sort of sex, and death.
Watch: My Deaf World
Five compelling experiences of what it is like to be deaf in 21st-century Britain.
The Book that Changed Me
Five figures from the arts and science introduce books that changed their lives and work.