Lunch Hour Lectures - Spring 2012 - Audio Podcast
1) The Search for Genius and Einstein's Brain - Audio
To mark Brain Awareness Week, Dr Mark Lythgoe will take audiences on a journey in search of the greatest brain of the 20th century, a brain which was removed during the autopsy of Einstein in 1955. Th...Show More
2) 3D imaging: nanotechnology and the quest for better medical sensors - Audio
The smaller the scales we want to look at, the bigger the tools we need to use, and with complex equipment of this magnitude, it is becoming more and more common for research groups to share central u...Show More
3D imaging: nanotechnology and the quest for better medical sensors - Audio
34:23 | Mar 21st, 2012
3) Having it all - dispelling the myths about work and motherhood - Audio
We hear a lot about the stresses of juggling motherhood with paid work, and the subsequent harm this might cause children. However, this lecture to mark International Women’s Day discusses evidence fr...Show More
4) Patents stop people doing things. So why are they a good thing? - Audio
The public debate about patents is old and never stops. Here is what Jeremy Bentham said: “So long as men are governed by unexamined prejudices and led away by sounds, it is natural for them to regar...Show More
5) The Great American Novel: How and Why - Audio
Parodied almost as soon as it was announced, and generally regarded as a topic beneath the remit of serious literary criticism, the Great American Novel enterprise has proved more durable and more var...Show More
6) From Euclid to modern geometry: Do the angles of a triangle really add up to 180? - Audio
More than two thousand years ago, Euclid of Alexandria wrote the most successful textbook of all time. Starting with a few simple assumptions (often called axioms), he proved one result after another ...Show More
7) Genetic testing for risk of Heart Disease: fact or fiction? - Audio
An individual’s risk of Coronary Heart Disease is currently based on classical risk factors such as age, gender, blood pressure, smoking habits and obesity. However, most heart attacks occur in indivi...Show More
8) The Metaphysics of Concrete - Audio
Almost three tons of concrete are produced every year for each man, woman and child on the planet. It is now second only to water in terms of human consumption. Yet how has the astonishing take-up of ...Show More
9) John Bull versus Stinkomalee: Tory opposition in the early days of the University of London (now UCL) - Audio
In 1825 a group of liberal politicians, lawyers, dissenting ministers, Roman Catholics, and Jews came together to found a university in London aimed at those excluded from the two old-established Engl...Show More
10) The Mystery of Master Humphrey: one of Dickens's most enigmatic characters - Audio
This lecture investigates one of Dickens's most peculiar and enigmatic characters, Master Humphrey, the narrator of The Old Curiosity Shop (that is, until he is mysteriously dismissed from this role)....Show More
The Mystery of Master Humphrey: one of Dickens's most enigmatic characters - Audio
40:12 | Feb 14th, 2012
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