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The first problem of man was to find his way about on the earth. Hence the art of measuring the earth (geodesy) became the source of the science of space, which derived its name geometry from the Greek word for earth. From the very outset, however, the measure of time arose from the regular changes of night and day, the phases of the moon, and the seasons. These phenomena forced themselves on mans attention and caused him to direct his gaze toward the stars, which were the source of the science of the universe, cosmology.

Long before he'd produced any of his great works, Oscar Wilde was already famous for being famous. Armed only with some witty epigrams, a carefully crafted persona and his genius for self-promotion, he had conquered America and transformed himself from nobody to star. This radio collection opens with four plays from Radio 4's Born to be Wilde season, offering a 21st-century perspective on the making of one of the first true celebrities. First up are two sparkling and surprising productions of his two most popular comedies, marking the peak of his theatrical career.

It is the age of Kings. In the grand city of K’andoria, King Trimidian rules with a fair hand. The great evil sleeps. The Midlands are in a state of tranquility, yet beneath the surface, trouble roils. Fissures have appeared across the kingdom. The savage Crow rebels terrorize villages across Rislaan. The haughty Far-Seer Priesthood of Epis Kopol has ignited a trade war; and then there is Uth Becca, the White City, once glorious, now plagued by decay and unrest.

Max Born war einer jener Physiker, die den Aufbruch und die Umwälzung ihres Fachs in den zwanziger Jahren des letzten Jahrhunderts geprägt haben. Die Ambivalenz dieser Phase spiegelt sich in jenem Dutzend herausragender Wissenschaftler wieder, die er als Lehrer betreut hat: Zusammen mit Werner Heisenberg und Pascual Jordan gab er der Physik mit der Quantenmechanik und ihrer statistischen Deutung ein neues Gesicht, in Robert Oppenheimer und Edward Teller gingen die Konstrukteure der Atom- und der Wasserstoffbombe aus der Göttinger Schule hervor.