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Video Hannah Fry and a Tom Scott in the Ri lecture theatre, the floor is covered in a thick mist

CHRISTMAS LECTURES Maths

Secrets and lies – How to bend the rules (2019)

Hannah Fry explores how have algorithms taken control of our lives and now guide almost everything that we do.

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Video Marcus du Sautoy standing with a teenage girl who is holding a football, in front of an audience

CHRISTMAS LECTURES Maths

The num8er my5teries – The quest to predict the future (2006)

In his final Lecture, Marcus du Sautoy reveals why there is still a long way to go until mathematics can be used as the ultimate

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Video A still from Marcus du Sautoy's 2006 CHRISTMAS LECTURE

CHRISTMAS LECTURES Maths

The num8er my5teries – The case of the uncrackable code (2006)

In his penultimate Lecture, Professor Marcus du Sautoy investigates the clever ways people have hidden messages and how

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Video Marcus du Sautoy turned to the side with his hands in the air in the Ri Theatre

CHRISTMAS LECTURES Maths

The num8er my5teries – The story of the elusive shapes (2006)

Follow Marcus du Sautoy as he takes a tour through the mathematical and cultural world of shapes in two, three and four

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Video Marcus du Sautoy holding his hand out, with bubbles floating around him

CHRISTMAS LECTURES Maths

The num8er my5teries – The curious incident of the never-ending numbers (2006)

Join Marcus du Sautoy in an exploration of the mysterious primes, the atoms of mathematics.

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Video Neil Johnson in his CHRISTMAS LECTURE from 1999

CHRISTMAS LECTURES Maths Physics

Arrows of time – Living on the edge of chaos (1999)

From traffic jams to financial markets, discover how self-organised behaviour emerge in time despite a seemingly chaotic

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Video A kaleidoscope image of Ian Stewart

CHRISTMAS LECTURES Maths

The magical maze – Fearful symmetry (1997)

Ian Stewart's 1997 Lectures draw to a close by taking an in-depth look at the truth and beauty of patterns.

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Video A clear cylinder filled with coloured balls

CHRISTMAS LECTURES Maths

The magical maze – Chaos and cauliflowers (1997)

Ian Stewart shows how for mathematicians, there is order to be found everywhere, even in disorder.

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Video A teenager walking to the stage of the Ri Theatre

CHRISTMAS LECTURES Maths

The magical maze – Outrageous fortune (1997)

This Lecture from Ian Stewart examines probability – the fascinating and frustrating laws which govern chance.

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Video A shoal of blue fish on a screen

CHRISTMAS LECTURES Maths

The magical maze – The pattern of tiny feet (1997)

Ian Stewart asks: How do we walk? Why do we walk the way we do? And just what are kangaroos up to?

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