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The Eureka Years - Series 3

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Adam Hart-Davis explores spectacular years in the history of science

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The Eureka Years - Series 3 - 1628

Adam Hart-Davis explores spectacular years in the history of science. 3/4. 1628. Royal Physician William Harvey demonstrates that blood circulates around the body.

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The Eureka Years - Series 3 - 1866

Charles Darwin is an international celebrity following the publication of On the Origin of Species. But Austrian priest Gregor Mendel holds the key to the process of heredity.

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The Eureka Years - Series 3 - 1905

Adam Hart-Davis explores spectacular years in the history of science. Albert Einstein develops a theory of relativity with some help from his shaving mirror and a passing train.

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The Eureka Years - Series 3 - 1965

Adam Hart-Davis explores spectacular years in the history of science. 1/4: 1965. The Cold War saw huge advances in military technology which would later fuel the race to the moon.

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