Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Signals from the interior – Pumps, pipes and flows (1975) Heinz Wolff explores the ways in which we find can out how much blood the heart is actually pumping and how efficiently it does Signals from the interior – Pumps, pipes and flows (1975) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Signals from the interior – You as an engine (1975) Heinz Wolff demonstrates how to measure the efficiency of the human engine, comparing it with that of a petrol-driven generator. Signals from the interior – You as an engine (1975) 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 Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES The languages of animals – Animal language, human language (1973) Sir David Attenborough explores the language of animals and shows how it can, at times, be unexpectedly complex. The languages of animals – Animal language, human language (1973) Read more
Video Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES The languages of animals – Foreign languages (1973) Sir David Attenborough reveals how animals interact and communicate with different species. The languages of animals – Foreign languages (1973) Read more
Video Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES The languages of animals – Parents and children (1973) Sir David Attenborough explores the relationship between animals and their infants. The languages of animals – Parents and children (1973) Read more
