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The Unseen - A History of the Invisible

Science writer Philip Ball explores the invisible - a space where magic and science meet.

Radio 4,5 episodes

Episodes

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Invisible Forces
Philip Ball examines the occult influences on Isaac Newton's work on invisible forces.
12 mins06 Jun 2016
Conjuring the Invisible
Philip Ball examines the curious relationship between science, stage magic and cinema.
12 mins07 Jun 2016
The Spirit World
Philip Ball reveals that technology can act as a catalyst for belief in spirits or ghosts.
12 mins08 Jun 2016
The Invisibly Small
Philip Ball examines invention of the microscope and of the world of the invisibly small.
12 mins09 Jun 2016
Becoming Invisible
Writer Philip Ball meets the physicists who are making real life invisibility cloaks.
12 mins10 Jun 2016