Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Machines in motion – Living machines (1983) How do animals move on land, sea and in the air, and we shall look in particular at how the understanding of human locomotion Machines in motion – Living machines (1983) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Machines in motion – Fluids and flight (1983) How is our knowledge of fluid dynamics harnessed in setting machines in motion? Machines in motion – Fluids and flight (1983) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Machines in motion – Under control (1983) In his fourth lecture, Leonard Maunder explores the various ways in which systems can be controlled by monitoring inputs and Machines in motion – Under control (1983) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Machines in motion – Gathering momentum (1983) How do Newton's laws apply to motion both familiar and strange, from bows and arrows to rockets and gyroscopes? Machines in motion – Gathering momentum (1983) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Machines in motion – Driving forces (1983) In his first lecture of the series, Maunder explores the kinematics that make up the geometry of motion. Machines in motion – Driving forces (1983) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES From Magna Carta to microchip – Some impacts of measurement on life: and can we take it too far? (1981) Our ability to make very precise measurements has impacted the progress of science in innumerable positive ways, but is it From Magna Carta to microchip – Some impacts of measurement on life: and can we take it too far? (1981) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES From Magna Carta to microchip – Measurement and navigation in war (1981) Both in peace and in war men need to know where they are on the surface of the earth, and, nowadays, in space. From Magna Carta to microchip – Measurement and navigation in war (1981) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES From Magna Carta to microchip – Outwards to the stars (1981) In his fourth lecture, RV Jones investigates measurement on very large scales. How are waves used to measure the distance From Magna Carta to microchip – Outwards to the stars (1981) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES From Magna Carta to microchip – More and more about less and less (1981) It is now possible to measure things on very small scales, but how small can we go and how much of this can be automated by From Magna Carta to microchip – More and more about less and less (1981) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES From Magna Carta to microchip – The measurement of time (1981) RV Jones explores the history of man's attempt to measure time, from early hourglasses and pendulum clocks to quartz and atom From Magna Carta to microchip – The measurement of time (1981) Read more
