<p>How did our understanding of the universe begin in a London coffee house? How did a man who had a comet named after him change science forever?</p><p>From his youthful voyage to St Helena to chart the southern skies, to his pioneering studies of navigation, longitude, gravity, and the Earth’s atmosphere, Edmund Halley’s curiosity knew no bounds.</p><p>Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by David K. Love to explore the remarkable life of one of the great figures of the Scientific Revolution.</p><br><p><strong>MORE</strong></p><br><p><strong>Isaac Newton: The Man at the Centre of Gravity</strong></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/isaac-newton-the-man-at-the-centre-of-gravity/id1564113869?i=1000569475721&itscg=30200&ls=1&mttnsubad=6442463604&at=1000l3ctA&itsct=podfollow_podcasts&ct=not-just-the-tudors-eplink" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Apple</a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0XSyYi787EpHXkm2xJnrBL" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Spotify</a></p><br><p><strong>Sir Christopher Wren</strong></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sir-christopher-wren/id1564113869?i=1000677654034&uo=4&itscg=30200&ls=1&mttnsubad=6442463604&at=1000l3ctA&itsct=podfollow_podcasts&ct=not-just-the-tudors-eplink" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Apple</a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6oBHlHClOHu8jDDZMnoni8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Spotify</a></p><br><p>Presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Max Wintle, audio editor is Amy Haddow and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.</p><p>All music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.</p><p><em>Not Just the Tudors is a History Hit podcast</em></p><br><p><strong>Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week. Sign up at </strong><a href="https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe</u></strong></a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>