People of Science
In series 2 of People of Science, Professor Brian Cox discovers the scientific inspirations of Royal Society Fellows Dr Venki Ramakrishnan, Dame Wendy Hall, Professor Joanna Haigh, Professor Martin Rees, Dame Ottoline Leyser and Professor Richard Fortey.
People of Science delves into the Royal Society’s rich archive of science artefacts to tell the stories of extraordinary scientists, their science and how it is still influencing our understanding of the world today.
Watch series 2 now on our YouTube channel. Series 1, featuring scientists including Sir David Attenborough and Dame Uta Frith, is also available on the Royal Society’s YouTube channel.
Viewers in the UK can watch all episodes on BBC iPlayer.
The archive items featured in each film can be explored on Google’s Cultural Institute.
With special thanks to: The UCL Galton Collection, Grant Museum of Zoology, Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum, Cambridge and Oxford Club and the Royal Institution Museum & Archives.
Watch People of Science series 2
Professor Joanna Haigh discusses Lewis Fry Richardson
Joanna Haigh talks to Brian Cox about mathematician and physicist, Lewis Fry Richardson, and…
Professor Martin Rees discusses Joseph Rotblat
Martin Rees talks to Brian Cox about one of his heroes, Joseph Rotblat, a physicist on the…
Dame Ottoline Leyser discusses Barbara McClintock
Ottoline Leyser talks to Brian Cox about her admiration for Nobel Prize winning geneticist,…
Professor Richard Fortey discusses Charles Lyell
Richard Fortey talks to Brian Cox about pioneering geologist, Charles Lyell, whose work on…
Venki Ramakrishnan discusses Max Perutz
Venki Ramakrishnan talks to Brian Cox about Max Perutz, whose work mapping molecules such as…
Dame Wendy Hall discusses Alan Turing
Computer Scientist Wendy Hall talks to Brian Cox about one of her personal heroes, Alan Turing,…
Watch People of Science series 1
People of Science with Brian Cox: Sir David Attenborough
Sir David Attenborough talks to Brian Cox about his admiration for the achievements of Charles…
People of Science with Brian Cox: Bill Bryson
The writer Bill Bryson talks to Brian Cox about his admiration for the US scientist, author and…
People of Science with Brian Cox: Dame Sally Davies
Dame Sally Davies talks to Brian Cox about her interest in antibiotic resistance and admiration of…
People of Science with Brian Cox: Uta Frith
The pioneering developmental psychologist Uta Frith discusses Alice Lee, whose work in craniology…
People of Science with Brian Cox: Dame Julia Higgins
President of the Institute of Physics Professor Julia Higgins explores the life and work of…
People of Science with Brian Cox: Sir David Spiegelhalter
Sir David Spiegelhalter discusses how the work of amateur mathematician Thomas Bayes and…