Adam Hart Davis - Scientist Heroes of the North West

Manchester has always been a hot-bed of intelligence and ingenuity, and Adam Hart-Davis will recall the stories of some of the famous and not-so-famous people who left indelible marks on the world, from the famous and infamous Richard Arkwright, whose “water-frame” spinning machine made him filthy rich and changed the world forever. George and Robert Stephenson laid permanent lines across the country, while James Prescott Joule spent his honeymoon measuring the temperature at the top and bottom of a waterfall.