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Good Gardeners of Planet Earth? The Vision of Silent Running (1972)
Are humans fit to be gardeners of this planet? Today's biotechnology companies promote themselves in distinctly utopian ways, but increasing num…
6 years, 1 month ago
A History of the Stomach
Vertical banded gastroplasty surgery (or stomach stapling) has drawn attention in recent decades to the hidden, but unruly, stomach. This organ has b…
6 years, 1 month ago
Charles II: The Court in Exile
For a decade after the execution of Charles I the Stuart courts were based in the Low Countries and France. Always short of money, but determined to …
6 years, 1 month ago
Corpse Roads: Digital Landscape Archaeology
This lecture explores how digital landscape modelling can help unlock the secrets of Britain’s ancient pathways. Focusing on “corpse roads”, pathways…
6 years, 1 month ago
The Japanese Martyrs
In the age of exploration, Catholic missionaries fanned out across the world, meeting with extraordinary success but also extraordinary opposition: n…
6 years, 1 month ago
The Art of Maths
Mathematics and art are more similar than is commonly thought. Each is concerned with the process of being highly creative with abstract objects and …
6 years, 1 month ago
The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Barrister
This lecture provides an insider’s brutally honest guide to what it's like to be a self-employed barrister - the highs and lows of the career, t…
6 years, 1 month ago
Engineering: Archimedes of Syracuse
In the 3rd century BCE, the Sicilian polymath Archimedes significantly advanced human understanding of mathematics, geometry and astronomy.
By applyi…
6 years, 1 month ago
Mental and Physical Wellness
Exercise, diet, rest, and sleep are sometimes seen as optional extras that are desirable if you have the time. They are also topics about which many …
6 years, 1 month ago
Simple Laws, Spectacular Astrophysics
The laws of physics may be stated in simple and elegant ways that can be made easy to demonstrate and understand on their own. What is immensely hard…
6 years, 1 month ago