Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Maths The magical maze – Sunflowers and snowflakes (1997) Ian Stewart explains how mathematics is the magic thread that binds our universe. The magical maze – Sunflowers and snowflakes (1997) Read more
Video Art, culture and society CHRISTMAS LECTURES Maths Physics Technology and engineering Exploring music – Scales, synthesizers and samplers (1989) For his final Lecture, Charles Taylor explores electronic instruments and muses on whether they may one day replace traditional Exploring music – Scales, synthesizers and samplers (1989) Read more
Video Art, culture and society CHRISTMAS LECTURES Maths Physics Technology and engineering Exploring music – Technology, trumpets and tunes (1989) In his fourth Lecture, Charles Taylor takes a look at the development and science behind wind instruments. Exploring music – Technology, trumpets and tunes (1989) Read more
Video Art, culture and society CHRISTMAS LECTURES Maths Physics Technology and engineering Exploring music – Science, strings and symphonies (1989) All stringed instruments need to have their sound amplified, Charles Taylor explores how flat plates and hollow bodies work in Exploring music – Science, strings and symphonies (1989) Read more
Video Art, culture and society CHRISTMAS LECTURES Maths Physics Technology and engineering Exploring music – The essence of an instrument (1989) Charles Taylor investigates the essential features that have to be present in any instrument, if a usable musical sound is to be Exploring music – The essence of an instrument (1989) Read more
Video Art, culture and society CHRISTMAS LECTURES Maths Physics Technology and engineering Exploring music – What is music? (1989) Charles Taylor asks whether some sounds musical and others just noise? Exploring music – What is music? (1989) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Maths Physics Gulliver's travels – Dwarf and giant numbers (1968) From the arithmetic of ratios to the science of numbers themselves, Philip Morrison explores the importance of small and large Gulliver's travels – Dwarf and giant numbers (1968) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Maths Physics Gulliver's travels – The world of captain Gulliver (1968) In his first CHRISTMAS LECTURE from 1968, Philip Morrison looks at the arithmetic of large and small numbers, the geometry of Gulliver's travels – The world of captain Gulliver (1968) Read more
