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
Video Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES The languages of animals – Be mine (1973) Sir David Attenborough shows how across the animal kingdom, species have developed myriad ways to advertise for a mate. The languages of animals – Be mine (1973) Read more
