Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Staying alive: The body in balance – Pushing the limits (1998) In her final Christmas Lecture, Nancy Rothwell reveals some of the incredible adaptations that animals have evolved to cope with Staying alive: The body in balance – Pushing the limits (1998) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Staying alive: The body in balance – Times of our lives (1998) In her fourth lecture, Nancy Rothwell explores how our bodies and those of animals are trained by sunlight. Staying alive: The body in balance – Times of our lives (1998) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Staying alive: The body in balance – Chilling out (1998) In the third of her Christmas Lectures, Dame Nancy Rothwell reveals how humans and animals alike have evolved to keep their body Staying alive: The body in balance – Chilling out (1998) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Staying alive: The body in balance – Fats and figures (1998) Nancy Rothwell explains why we need to strike a fine balance between the amount of energy we take in and the amount we expend. Staying alive: The body in balance – Fats and figures (1998) Read more
Video 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. The magical maze – Fearful symmetry (1997) Read more
Video 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. The magical maze – Chaos and cauliflowers (1997) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Maths The magical maze – Outrageous fortune (1997) This Lecture from Ian Stewart examines probability – the fascinating and frustrating laws which govern chance. The magical maze – Outrageous fortune (1997) Read more
Video 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? The magical maze – The pattern of tiny feet (1997) Read more
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 CHRISTMAS LECTURES The history of our bones – Feet on the ground, head in the stars: The history of man (1996) Where did we come from? Simon Conway Morris takes us three billion years back to the building blocks of life itself. The history of our bones – Feet on the ground, head in the stars: The history of man (1996) Read more
