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Back to SearchEpisode 89: The Atmosphere
Episode 89
An overview of the composition and layers of the Earth's atmosphere, including a discussion of the exosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere,…
8 years, 8 months ago
Episode 88: Cartography and Earths Seasons
Episode 88
A discussion of the shape of the Earth and the difficulties and conventions involved in describing a three-dimensional surface on a two-dimensional m…
8 years, 10 months ago
Episode 87: The Geography of Planet Earth
Episode 87
An overview of some of the key geographic features of planet Earth, including a discussion of the concept and classification of continents, the major…
8 years, 11 months ago
Episode 86: The Evidence for Evolution
Episode 86
An outline of the various lines of evidence in favour of the theory of evolution by natural selection, including a discussion of natural and artifici…
8 years, 11 months ago
Episode 85: Introduction to Quantum Field Theory
Episode 85
A discussion of some of the major conceptual aspects of Quantum Field Theory, including the concept of a quantum field, classical field theory, harmo…
9 years ago
Episode 84: Advanced Quantum Mechanics Part II
Episode 84
Continuing on from the previous episode, here I discuss some more advanced topics in Quantum Mechanics, including Noether’s theorem, the particle sta…
9 years, 1 month ago
Episode 83: Advanced Quantum Mechanics Part I
Episode 83
An examination of some more advanced concepts of quantum mechanics, focusing on describing Dirac's bra-ket formulation of quantum theory. I discuss t…
9 years, 1 month ago
Episode 82: Racial Differences in Intelligence
Episode 82
A discussion of the evidence and methodological issues pertaining to explaining the causes of racial differences in intelligence, with a focus on eva…
9 years, 4 months ago
Episode 81: Intelligence Part 2
Episode 81
Continuing the series on intelligence, in this episode I discuss the genetic and neurological correlated of intelligences, the efficacy of measures t…
9 years, 5 months ago
Episode 80: Intelligence Part 1
Episode 80
The first in a three part series on human intelligence, covering debates about the definition of intelligence, how intelligence is measured, factor a…
9 years, 5 months ago