Lunch Hour Lectures - Autumn 2012 - Audio Podcast
1) Apocalypse in 2012? History, myth and science - audio
Did the Classic Maya really predict the end of the world on 21 December 2012? What caused them to record a date that would occur over a thousand years into their future? This lecture will review a var...Show More
2) Social physics in the big city - audio
We live in an era of abundant data, and more data is being opened up to the world every day. More and more of us are handing over detailed personal and location data via social media and smartphones. ...Show More
3) Sex work today: myths, morals and health - audio
What is it about exile that inspires photography? This talk explores the earliest known exile photography, created in the studio formed by Victor Hugo’s family and friends in their exile on the Channe...Show More
4) Those that don't drink, don’t die so fast: drink, health and insurance in Victorian Britain - audio
In the nineteenth century, mainstream medical opinion suggested that abstaining from alcohol was a health risk. The advent of insurance policies for abstainers helped to chip away at this certainty, a...Show More
5) Sustainable Energy for All: this year, next year, sometime – or never? - audio
What does ‘sustainable energy for all’ mean? How much energy, ‘sustainable’ over what period, and who are the ‘all’? If this ambitious goal is achievable, then how can it be done, and by when? And who...Show More
Sustainable Energy for All: this year, next year, sometime – or never? - audio
44:27 | Dec 14th, 2012
6) Presymptomatic treatment for Alzheimer’s disease: feasible or fanciful? - audio
Alzheimer’s disease affects an estimated 400,000 people in the UK – that number will double over coming decades without treatments to delay or prevent disease. We are now able to ‘see’ the earliest br...Show More
Presymptomatic treatment for Alzheimer’s disease: feasible or fanciful? - audio
30:29 | Dec 14th, 2012
7) Hugo Elsewhere: The Jersey Studio and the photography of exile - audio
What is it about exile that inspires photography? This talk explores the earliest known exile photography, created in the studio formed by Victor Hugo’s family and friends in their exile on the Channe...Show More
8) Art for science’s sake - Audio
For centuries, scientists have sought help from artistic practice as a visual aid. This lecture will explore case studies from the 18th to the 21st century, to show that artists have often participate...Show More
9) What is modern slavery? - Audio
Is slavery confined to the past? Sadly not. Instances of grave labour exploitation exist in present-day Europe and elsewhere. This lecture will discuss abuses of labour conditions suffered by domestic...Show More
10) Can't take, won't take: why patients do not take their medicines - Audio
There will be over a billion prescription items dispensed in England in 2012, costing the NHS over £9bn. Most of these will be for patients with chronic conditions, yet we know that perhaps up to half...Show More