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The Art of InnovationEpisodes

  1. Omnibus 4

    Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on how art and science have inspired each other.

  2. Imagining Matter

    Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on imaginative roles artists play in conceiving the cosmos

  3. Patterns of Thought

    Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on computer creativity and sonic art produced by algorithms

  4. Protecting the Earth

    Tilly Blyth on a new awareness of a fragile Earth in the mystical drama Edge of Darkness

  5. Polaroid Perceptions

    Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on shaping artistic landscapes through Polaroid snapshots

  6. Wonder Materials

    Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on industrial change captured in The Man in the White Suit

  7. Omnibus 3

    Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on how art and science have inspired each other

  8. Patterns from Atoms

    Tilly Blyth on atomic design décor at the 1951 Festival of Britain

  9. Supersonic

    Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on iconic imagery in the race to break the sound barrier

  10. Forms of Knowledge

    Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on encounters between sculptors and stringed maths models

  11. Humans in the Industrial Machine

    Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on anxieties of production control in the industrial age

  12. Art as Protest

    Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on the furious artistic reaction to WW1 mechanised warfare

  13. Omnibus 2

    Sir Ian Blatchford and Dr Tilly Blyth explore how art and science have inspired each other

  14. Celebrating Speed

    Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on the Futurists' lust for speed in a new age of cycling.

  15. Capturing Time

    Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on freezing time in a speeding up world.

  16. Dyeing to Display

    Tilly Blyth explores the impact of synthetic dyes on trend, turn-out and taste

  17. Reaching for the Moon

    Ian Blatchford on James Nasmyth’s compelling images of the lunar surface

  18. Plants on Paper

    Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on capturing and publishing images of the botanical world

  19. Omnibus 1

    Sir Ian Blatchford and Dr Tilly Blyth explore how art and science have inspired each other

  20. Tracking Progress

    Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on rapid progress captured in Turner's Rain Steam & Speed

  21. Observing the Air

    Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on how artists and naturalists depicted and defined clouds

  22. Satirizing Science

    Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on the impact of Gillray's satire in a new chemical age.

  23. Masters of Spectacle

    Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth focus on the drama and upheaval in Coalbrookdale by Night.

  24. The Scientific Sublime

    Sir Ian Blatchford and Dr Tilly Blyth explore how art and science have inspired each other