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 Chemistry CHRISTMAS LECTURES Technology and engineering The natural history of a sunbeam – Candles from the sun (1976) Man-made light and fuel sources are examined in this Lecture by Sir George Porter. The natural history of a sunbeam – Candles from the sun (1976) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Physics Technology and engineering The engineer through the looking glass – The time has come the Walrus said (1974) Eric Laithwaite uses the concept of analogies (fairy stories) as a way to explain complex topics in science including objects The engineer through the looking glass – The time has come the Walrus said (1974) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Physics Technology and engineering The engineer through the looking glass – The Jabberwock (1974) In this controversial Lecture, Laithwaite used behavioural gyroscopes in an attempt to challenge the validity of Newton’s Laws The engineer through the looking glass – The Jabberwock (1974) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Physics Technology and engineering The engineer through the looking glass – Jam yesterday, jam tomorrow (1974) Through the title of this third lecture and the theme of chess running through Alice's adventures, Eric Laithwaite introduces The engineer through the looking glass – Jam yesterday, jam tomorrow (1974) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Physics Technology and engineering The engineer through the looking glass – Tweedledum and Tweedledee (1974) Taking Lewis Carrol’s twins as his starting point for his second lecture, Eric Laithwaite explores the principles of symmetry in The engineer through the looking glass – Tweedledum and Tweedledee (1974) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Physics Technology and engineering The engineer through the looking glass – Looking glass house (1974) Eric Laithwaite explores the concept of 'reflection', from concepts of the smallest particle to those of the whole universe. The engineer through the looking glass – Looking glass house (1974) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Physics Technology and engineering Gulliver's travels – Lilliput and Brobdingnag since the industrial revolution (1968) Philip Morrison asks what our technology would look like if we were the size of men in Gulliver's voyages? Gulliver's travels – Lilliput and Brobdingnag since the industrial revolution (1968) Read more
