How Does Science Know? | The Science of Science

Podcast: Sleep Stories from the Pioneers · Pioneers of Human Behaviour

Opublikowano: 2026-10-10

How does science know it's right? Settle into The Science of Science, a thoughtful sleep story about the experiments, witnesses and careful checks that help us understand the world. A candle shines through a small opening into a dark room. Cover the flame, and its spot of light disappears. A thousand years ago, Ibn al-Haytham described an experiment his readers could try for themselves. Tonight we follow that invitation through the history of science. From the witnesses gathered around Robert Boyle's air pump to the pages of the first scientific journals, from...