Professor Iain Stewart reveals the story behind the Scottish physicist who was Einstein's hero; James Clerk Maxwell. Maxwell's discoveries not only inspired Einstein, but they helped shape our modern world - allowing the development of radio, TV, mobile phones and much more. Despite this, he is largely unknown in his native land of Scotland. Scientist Iain Stewart sets out to change that, and to celebrate the life, work and legacy of the man dubbed "Scotland's Forgotten Einstein".

On a bright, cold morning on 15th February 2013, a meteorite ripped across the skies above the Ural mountains in Russia, distintegrating into three pieces and exploding with the force of 20 Hiroshimas. It was a stark reminder that the Earth's journey through space is fraught with danger. A day later another much larger 14,3000 tonne asteroid, passed within just 17,000 miles of the Earth.

这个关于全球能源安全的故事跌宕起伏，而现在到了危急关头。纵览全球，油田和天然气田不是即将枯竭，就是在引发严重的政治或环境问题。尽管关于可再生能源和核能源的话题一直都沸沸扬扬，但毫无疑问的是，人类在可预见的未来仍将继续依赖矿物燃料。但是地球上的资源还能支持人类生存多久？《地球上的石油》造访了世界上众多石油和天然气产地，探寻人类如何生产燃料，以及地理学、科技、政治和商业压力是如何影响并驱动了全世界的无法满足的消费欲望。本节目及时并开创性地提出，如果我们继续这样依赖这些燃料，我们会付出什么代价，人类到底能否不再依赖石油？

全球变暖，如何与之战斗，引起了激烈的争论，如何看待地球这种变化成了世界范围里的头条新闻，但科学家什么时候怎么发现全球变暖的，为什么这会导致激烈的争论，我们应该相信么？在BBC 2 三部系列片，地球-气候战争中，地质学家伊恩·斯图尔特对气候变化的历史有个权威的指导介绍