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The Dominant Seventh Chord
The name might sound forbiddingly technical, but the chord is immediately recognisable and it has played a hugely important role in tonal music. This…
3 years, 2 months ago
Microbial Megastructures
Invisible microbes have created some of the largest structures on the planet. Mycorrhizal fungi form extraordinary subterranean networks that associa…
3 years, 3 months ago
Lives in Limbo: Jewish Refugees in Portugal, 1940–1945
The Alfred Wiener Holocaust Memorial Lecture
This lecture highlights the experiences of Jewish refugees fleeing from antisemitic persecution and from …
3 years, 3 months ago
The Atmospheric Physics Behind Net Zero
Before net zero, climate policy was all about contraction and convergence of emissions between rich and poor to achieve, in the words of the Rio Conv…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Maths of Game Theory
When we buy, sell, bargain, barter, bid at auctions, and compete for resources, we want to be sure that we are using the best strategies. Game theory…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Irish Question and the Ulster Question Then and Now
Britain before 1914 was convulsed by the Irish Question. Since the Act of Union of 1800, Ireland had been governed without the consent of the vast ma…
3 years, 3 months ago
Love, Trust & Crypto
The crypto movement began as a reaction to the concentration of economic power in the traditional financial system (and associated financial crises).…
3 years, 3 months ago
Why Did Europe’s Economies Diverge from Asia?
The levels of income in parts of China and India were similar to those in Europe in the middle ages, until the Mediterranean pulled ahead – followed …
3 years, 3 months ago
Opposition in Russia: The Trials of Alexei Navalny
Alexei Navalny is the leading opposition leader in Russia. He is also currently serving a lengthy prison sentence in a Russian correctional colony.
Th…
3 years, 3 months ago
Machine Learning and the 4th Industrial Revolution
AI technology is already changing the face of the world as we know it.
This lecture looks at the reasons why AI is hailed as an unprecedented revoluti…
3 years, 3 months ago