Video Chemistry CHRISTMAS LECTURES Physics The natural history of a sunbeam – First light (1976) Sir George Porter takes an in-depth look at how light is structured. The natural history of a sunbeam – First light (1976) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Signals from the interior – Signals from the mind (1975) Heinz Wolff explores the signals we receive and send out about our emotional and mental states. Signals from the interior – Signals from the mind (1975) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Signals from the interior – Looking through your skin (1975) Heinz Wolff explores the ways in which electromagnetic radiation and ultrasounds enable us to investigate the inside of a body. Signals from the interior – Looking through your skin (1975) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Signals from the interior – Probes, sondes and sounds (1975) Heinz Wolff looks at the ways in which we can discover what's happening in our digestive tract. Signals from the interior – Probes, sondes and sounds (1975) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Signals from the interior – Spikes and waves (1975) Heinz Wolff explores what we can learn from how our body conducts electricity. Signals from the interior – Spikes and waves (1975) Read more
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
