Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Age of War
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Age of War
Lisa Jardine explores how military demands mobilised science not in World War II, but in World War I.
The idea that Britain's scientific expertise and effort was mobilised from scratch on the eve of World War II is a myth. Long before 1939, Britain was ready to wage, and win, a scientific war.
View all episodes
By BBC Radio 4
5
44 ratings
Lisa Jardine explores how military demands mobilised science not in World War II, but in World War I.
The idea that Britain's scientific expertise and effort was mobilised from scratch on the eve of World War II is a myth. Long before 1939, Britain was ready to wage, and win, a scientific war.
More shows like Seven Ages of Science
View all
Global News Podcast
7,807 Listeners
Newshour
1,060 Listeners
In Our Time
5,525 Listeners
The Documentary Podcast
1,798 Listeners
6 Minute English
1,806 Listeners
Learning English Conversations
1,075 Listeners
The Infinite Monkey Cage
1,952 Listeners
13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II
4,170 Listeners
You're Dead to Me
3,211 Listeners
Americast
775 Listeners