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Video David Attenborough looking down at a lemur that he is holding
Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES

The languages of animals – Beware! (1973)

Sir David Attenborough explains how animals that threaten in strength and numbers are more effective than those that turn to

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Video Philip Morrisson speaking out to a full theatre audience of children
Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES Physics

Gulliver's travels – A prodigious leap? (1968)

Philip Morrison studies the walking, running, floating, and swimming, by large animals and small, and in man-made vehicles of

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Video Philip Morrison writing an equation on a chalkboard
Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES Physics

Gulliver's travels – Meat and drink sufficient for 1728 Lilliputians (1968)

Could Gulliver have eaten the food of 1728 Lilliputians? Philip Morrison explores big and small systems, using mice, men and

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