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Pluto Isn’t a Planet - Chris Lintott
00:00 // Introduction: Why Pluto Isn't a Planet
Uploaded 10-07-26
03:28 // Discovery of Uranus and a Mysterious Orbit
05:49 // How Neptune Was Found Thr…
1 week, 5 days ago
Equations That Have Changed The World
This final lecture will celebrate some of the great mathematical equations, and related algorithms, which have both changed the world as we know it a…
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English Architecture: Making England in the Shadow of Rome, 410-1130 - Simon Thurley
When the English nation rose out of the ruins of the Roman Province of Britannia, people remained obsessed with their Roman past. Seismic social and…
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Plato to Polybius on Constitutional Change - Melissa Lane
00:00 | Polybius's Question: How Did Rome Conquer the World?
Uploaded 03-07-26
00:39 | Polybius: Hostage, Historian and Tutor to Scipio
02:05 | The Fall…
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Mathematical History: Triangular Relationships - Professor Patricia Fara
"And first, the fair PARABOLA behold,
Her timid arms with virgin blush unfold!..."
Uploaded 12-08-11
Mathematical poetry may seem an unlikely form of …
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The Character Of The Postwar Period - Professor Vernon Bogdanor
The post war years, by contrast with the first 45 years of the 20th century, were marked by peace and stability. For much of the period, ideological …
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Gardens of Empire: The Role of Kew and Colonial Botanic Gardens
Sydney's botanic garden, founded in the early nineteenth century, was expected to ship new plants 'home' to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, from wher…
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