The Essay: Five Portraits of Science

[Guest]

This week (w/c 14 January 2013) The Essay comprises five fifteen minutes pieces considering how five real-life scientists have been portrayed in culture, examining along the way ideas of genius, inspiration and authority.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01px412

There's even a woman in the mix - can you guess who she is?

[John Wright]

ha yes I expect most of us with a good 1960s education would name Marie Curie.

I do wonder, though, the knowledge of the person who chose her 'illustration' for the programme page

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01px412/broadcasts/upcoming

More appropriate maybe....