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David Hillman - Greetings, partings and the magic of Shakespeare 10:29

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Greetings and partings are mini rituals that frame every encounter and condense emotional intensity into gestures and words. About David Hillman "I lecture on Shakespeare and Renaissance culture at the University of Cambridge and direct studies at King’s College in Cambridge. I'm the author of Shakespeare's Entrails, which is my first monograph. I'…

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Islam Issa - Shakespeare in popular "world" culture 9:23

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Islam Issa, Professor of Literature and History at Birmingham City University, looks at the influence of Shakespeare in popular culture. About Islam Issa "I am a professor of Literature and History at Birmingham City University. I’m most interested in cultural history and literary criticism, but particularly reception studies: how and why we read l…

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David Hillman - Listening to Shakespeare: dreams and reality 11:21

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My life in relation to Shakespeare has always been torn between the stage and the page, thinking about Shakespeare as a literary text that one can pore over. About David Hillman "I lecture on Shakespeare and Renaissance culture at the University of Cambridge and direct studies at King’s College in Cambridge. I'm the author of Shakespeare's Entrails…

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Ricardo Soares de Oliveira - The impact of the extractive industries in Africa 12:48

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Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, Professor of International Politics of Africa at the University of Oxford, examines the extractive industries in Africa. About Ricardo Soares de Oliveira "I’m a Professor of International Politics of Africa at the University of Oxford, and co-editor of the journal African Affairs. My research interests include the workin…

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Eugene Rogan - The dynamic of changes in the Arab world 12:43

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Eugene Rogan, Director of St. Antony’s College Middle East Centre, examines recent Muslim movements throughout the Arab world. About Eugene Rogan "I am Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at Oxford, and Director of the Middle East Centre at St Antony’s College. My field is the modern history of the Arab world. I focus primarily on the 19th a…

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Faisal Devji - How Islam came to be a global phenomenon 12:04

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Faisal Devji, Professor of Indian History at the University of Oxford, discusses the rise of global Islam. About Faisal Devji "I’m Professor of Indian History at the University of Oxford. My interest is in the intellectual history of India and Pakistan, as well as in political thought, specifically the political thought of modern Islam." Key Points…

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Charles Tripp - Revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa 13:50

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Charles Tripp, Professor Emeritus of Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, discusses Middle Eastern and North African revolutions. About Charles Tripp "I'm Professor Emeritus of Politics of Middle East and North Africa at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. My work has been mainly in the area of the e…

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Kehinde Andrews - Race and the global economy 12:45

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Kehinde Andrews, Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University, discusses race and the global economy. About Kehinde Andrews "I am Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University and the Chair of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity. My research focuses on understanding race and racism and, really importantly, on how the com…

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Catherine Hall - A new conversation about the legacy of slavery 11:14

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Catherine Hall, Emeritus Professor at University College London, argues that the legacy of slavery is more relevant than ever. About Catherine Hall "I'm the chair of the Center for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-Ownership and Emerita Professor of Modern British Social and Cultural History at University College London. My research has be…

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Philippe Sands - Closing the book on colonisation 13:52

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Decolonisation, as a process, has more or less run its course, but not entirely. There is a small number of colonies that exist. About Philippe Sands "I’m Professor of Law at University College London, Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals in the Faculty, and a key member of staff in the Centre for Law and the Environment. I …

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David Hillman - Shakespeare and male and female bodies 11:32

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In Shakespeare’s work, the relationship between acknowledgment of the other and knowledge of the other often plays out through the body. About David Hillman "I lecture on Shakespeare and Renaissance culture at the University of Cambridge and direct studies at King’s College in Cambridge. I'm the author of Shakespeare's Entrails, which is my first m…

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Susie Orbach - What is happening to our bodies? 10:44

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In my discipline, we tend to look at body-based problems as being expressions of psychological distress. About Susie Orbach "I am a psychoanalyst, psychotherapist and writer, and the co-founder of the Women’s Therapy Centre in London and New York. I look at how the issues of society are structured into the individual, and constitute how we become w…

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Susie Orbach - The exploitation of the body 11:08

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The commercialisation of the body hides the amount of work that we put into producing our bodies. About Susie Orbach "I am a psychoanalyst, psychotherapist and writer, and the co-founder of the Women’s Therapy Centre in London and New York. I look at how the issues of society are structured into the individual, and constitute how we become who we a…

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Josh Cohen - Loneliness and solitude 12:44

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The expression “being in one’s own company” captures the idea that, internally, we are more than one. About Josh Cohen "I’m a psychoanalyst in private practice in London and Professor of Modern Literary Theory at Goldsmiths, University of London. My research is at the borders of psychoanalysis, literature and cultural theory. I’ve written a number …

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Stuart Elden - Thinking about the question of power with Foucault 14:07

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Foucault says we need to think about power in a different way. It’s not that power doesn’t work in those ways, but that power doesn’t only work in those ways. About Stuart Elden "I’m a Professor of Political Theory and Geography at the University of Warwick. My research is at the intersection of politics, philosophy and geography. I undertake my wo…

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Peter Salmon - Breaking down deconstruction with Derrida 12:19

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Novelist and biographer Peter Salmon, discusses deconstruction – the question the philosopher Jacques Derrida never wanted to answer. About Peter Salmon "I’m a novelist and biographer. I recently wrote a biography of Jacques Derrida, the French philosopher, called An Event, Perhaps. One of the great things about writing about Derrida was, like me, …

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Kate Kirkpatrick - Sartre, Beauvoir and existentialism 12:24

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I’m the Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy and Christian Ethics at Regent's Park College, Oxford. My research focuses primarily on Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, and I've written a few books on Sartre and Beauvoir and Existentialism more generally. About Kate Kirkpatrick I’m the Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy and Christian Ethics at Regent's Pa…

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Lyndsey Stonebridge - Thinking with Hannah Arendt 12:35

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Lyndsey Stonebridge, Professor of Humanities and Human Rights at the University of Birmingham, tells how Hannah Arendt helped her to think. About Lyndsey Stonebridge "I am Professor of Humanities and Human Rights at the University of Birmingham, in the UK. I work on the intellectual history and literature of the 20th century, and I’ve written books…

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Dana Mills - Simone Weil and the relationship between action and thought 13:28

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Dana Mills, lecturer in political theory at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, discusses Simone Weil and activism. About Dana Mills "I'm the Director of International Relations at Gisha and I have taught political theory at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam. I’ve written books on dance and politics, and especially revolutionary women. Most rece…

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Barry Smith - Wittgenstein and the ambition of philosophy, logic and language 13:19

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Barry Smith, Director of the Institute of Philosophy at the School of Advanced Study, discusses Wittgenstein, logic and language. About Barry Smith "I'm a professor of philosophy and Director of the Institute of Philosophy at the University of London School of Advanced Study. I'm a philosopher of mind and language, and I'm interested in how these s…

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Adrian Moore - Kant and how to live in purely rational terms 12:25

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Adrian Moore, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford, explores the practical use of reason and morality in Kant’s system. About Adrian Moore "I am Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford and a Tutorial Fellow of St Hugh’s College, Oxford. I study the philosopher Immanuel Kant, who, in my view, is the greatest philosopher of…

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Susan James - Spinoza, the philosopher, and the virtue of fortitude 12:15

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Susan James, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, London, discusses why Spinoza’s philosophy is relevant to our lives today. About Susan James "I’m a professor of philosophy at Birkbeck College in London. Most of my work is about early modern philosophy, particularly the social and political aspects of philosophy in that period. My most rec…

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Sridhar Venkatapuram - Health inequalities and social justice 12:54

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Sridhar Venkatapuram, Senior Lecturer in Global Health and Philosophy at King’s College London, discusses ethical implications of health inequalities. About Sridhar Venkatapuram "Sridhar Venkatapuram, Senior Lecturer in Global Health and Philosophy at King’s College London, discusses ethical implications of health inequalities." Key Points • Health…

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Lyndsey Stonebridge - Hannah Arendt and the banality of evil 12:05

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Lyndsey Stonebridge, Professor of Humanities and Human Rights at the University of Birmingham, talks about Arendt’s reaction to Eichmann’s trial. About Lyndsey Stonebridge "I am Professor of Humanities and Human Rights at the University of Birmingham, in the UK." Key Points • Arendt coined her famous phrase “the banality of evil” at the trial of Ad…

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Philippe Sands - The Nuremberg moment and the birth of international law 14:05

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The Nuremberg moment happened in 1945: a group of countries came together to create the first-ever international criminal tribunal with jurisdiction over crimes against humanity and war crimes. About Philippe Sands "I’m Professor of Law at University College London, a Barrister at Matrix Chambers and a writer." Key Points • The Nuremberg moment hap…

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Helena Kennedy - Reconfiguring the law to provide justice for women 10:47

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Helena Kennedy, barrister at the English bar, member of the House of Lords and head of the IBAHRI, talks us through gender bias in law. About Helena Kennedy "I’m a barrister, a member of the House of Lords and the head of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute. I am a founding Member of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights in …

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Samuel Moyn - A brief history of human rights 12:03

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Samuel Moyn, Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University, examines the development of human rights. About Samuel Moyn "I am Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University." Key Points • The modern concept of the “Rights of Man” is born out of the French and American revolutions. • The first declarations of right…

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Hugh Brody - The anthropologist: acknowledging suffering and redressing the loss 11:39

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Hugh Brody, Honorary Associate at the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge, explores the role of the anthropologist. About Hugh Brody "Hugh Brody, Honorary Associate at the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge, explores the role of the anthropologist." Key Points • After the N|uu language was though…

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Jonathan Wolff - Loneliness, disability and social justice 12:09

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A society of equals is one where no one looks up to anyone and no one looks down on anyone. No one is exploited, no one is dominated and no one is subjected to violence. About Jonathan Wolff "I’m the Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government in the University of Oxford. I’m a political philosopher,…

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Eva Hoffman - Justice after a genocide 11:27

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Eva Hoffman, Visiting Professor at University College London, discusses what lessons, if any, we have learned from the Holocaust and other genocides. About Eva Hoffman "I’m a Visiting Professor at the European Institute of University College London. I write about the aftermaths of difficult history, democracy and human time. I was born in Poland tw…

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Jim Secord - The revival of Darwinism 13:25

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Jim Secord, Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project, University of Cambridge, explains how perception of Darwin has evolved. About Jim Secord "I’m the Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project in the University Library at Cambridge University. My research is on public debates about science in the 18th and 19th centuries. I’ve written part…

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Peter Girguis - How microbes define life on Earth 11:57

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Peter Girguis, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, examines microbes, life and its origins. About Peter Girguis "I’m a Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. My research focuses on the deep sea and the relationship that animals and microbes have to one another, but also to their e…

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Buzz Baum - Looking for the organism that gave rise to life on Earth 8:00

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Buzz Baum, Cell Biologist at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, explains the beginnings of life on Earth. Key Points • Darwin hypothesised that all living organisms are branches on a tree and that there is one single trunk to life on Earth. • Two partners gave rise to all complex cells: bacteria and archaea. We are all composite …

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Jim Secord - Darwin's thoughts on human nature 13:05

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Jim Secord, Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project, University of Cambridge, explains the traits Darwin thought to be fundamental to humans. About Jim Secord "I’m the Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project in the University Library at Cambridge University. My research is on public debates about science in the 18th and 19th centuries. …

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Emanuele Coccia - Metamorphosis 9:55

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Emanuele Coccia, Associate Professor of Historical Anthropology at EHESS, discusses metamorphosis. About Emanuele Coccia "I am Professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. I’m working on art, fashion and ecology. I published The Life of Plants four years ago, and this year I published a book called Metamorphoses." Key Poi…

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Tim Lenton - Revolutions that made the Earth 6:47

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Tim Lenton, Professor of Earth System Science at the University of Exeter, discusses how our remarkable planet came to be the way it is now. About Tim Lenton "I’m Director of the Global Systems Institute and Professor of Earth System Science at the University of Exeter. My work focusses on the transformation of our planet. Reading Jim Lovelock’s bo…

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Susie Orbach - Body distress or troubled bodies 11:12

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Nowadays, I would say almost every person I see in therapy talks about their troubled body en passant, as though it is not something to be dealt with because it is just something you have to live with. About Susie Orbach "I am a psychoanalyst, psychotherapist and writer, and the co-founder of the Women’s Therapy Centre in London and New York. I loo…

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Josh Cohen - The force of anger 10:29

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Anger is a primordial emotion and appears across cultures as a formative force. About Josh Cohen "I’m a psychoanalyst in private practice in London and Professor of Modern Literary Theory at Goldsmiths, University of London. My research is at the borders of psychoanalysis, literature and cultural theory. I’ve written a number of books, including on…

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Adam Phillips - Helping and being helped: fear and desire 10:55

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Helping and being helped informs almost all our forms of relating to other people. About Adam Philips "I was trained as a child psychotherapist and I worked in the NHS for 17 years. I am currently a psychoanalyst and a writer. Since 2003 I have been the general editor of the new Penguin Modern Classics translations of Sigmund Freud. I write one day…

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Lisa Appignanesi - Emotions: good, bad and maddening 8:07

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Lisa Appignanesi, Visiting Professor at King’s College London and Chair of the Royal Society of Literature, explores “good” and “bad” emotions. About Lisa Appignanesi "I’m a Visiting Professor in Medical Humanities at King’s College London. I’ve written books on anger, on love and trials of passions, and on women. I’m fascinated by the subject of e…

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Edith Hall - What Aristotle can teach us about positive emotions 12:13

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Edith Hall, Professor of Classics at Durham University, examines Aristotle’s approach to emotions and how we might understand them. About Edith Hall "Professor of Classics at Durham University and Fellow of the British Academy. I’m a classicist, originally focused on Ancient Greek theatre. I’ve spent most of my career blending data from ancient Gre…

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Lisa Appignanesi - A brief history of extreme emotions in the West 6:52

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Lisa Appignanesi, Visiting Professor at King’s College London and Chair of the Royal Society of Literature, gives a brief history of extreme emotions. About Lisa Appignanesi "I’m a Visiting Professor in Medical Humanities at King’s College London. I’ve written books on anger, on love and trials of passions, and on women. I’m fascinated by the subje…

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Barry Smith - Wittgenstein and the nature of philosophical explanation 13:19

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Barry Smith, Director of the Institute of Philosophy at the School of Advanced Study, explores the nature of explanation and human consciousness. About Barry Smith "I'm a professor of philosophy and Director of the Institute of Philosophy at the University of London School of Advanced Study. I'm a philosopher of mind and language, and I'm intereste…

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Tamsin Edwards - Being a climate scientist 9:15

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Tamsin Edwards, Reader in Climate Change at King’s College London, explains the risks of polarised thinking in climate change. About Tamsin Edwards "I’m a climate scientist and Reader in Climate Change at King’s College London. My work involves quantifying the uncertainties in climate model predictions, and particularly the changes that we’ll see f…

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Mark Burgman - Bridging science and policy 11:08

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Mark Burgman, Director of the Centre for Environmental Policy, discusses the work dynamic between scientists and policymakers. About Mark Burgman "I'm the Director of the Centre for Environmental Policy, and Chair in Risk Analysis and Environmental Policy at Imperial College London. My work deals with the techniques for conservation biology and, mo…

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Keith Moffatt - The beauty of mathematics applied to human biology 12:03

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Keith Moffat, Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Cambridge, talks about fluid mechanics. About Keith Moffat "I’m Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. My research field is fluid mechanics in all its aspects, ranging from the micro scale, app…

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Patricia Fara - The dawn of state-funded science 12:42

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There's a famous saying by Francis Bacon that knowledge is power. As president of the Royal Society, Joseph Banks persuaded the British government to invest in science. About Patricia Fara "I’m an Emeritus Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. I've got a degree in physics, but my real passion is the history of science, and I love writing books becaus…

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Patricia Fara - Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin and women's roles in the history of science 13:13

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There aren’t many women in the history of science. I think it's crucial to explore the past and examine how those prejudices and obstacles that women faced in the past are still affecting women today. About Patricia Fara "I’m an Emeritus Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. I've got a degree in physics, but my real passion is the history of science,…

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Martin Rees - Science as a calling 12:41

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What has been learnt about the universe in the last 50 years will be one of the real high points, along with discoveries like the double helix and genetics, and Darwin and evolution. About Martin Rees "I'm the UK's Astronomer Royal and Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge. My research is mainly on trying t…

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Bruce Stillman - The art of being a scientist 10:55

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Bruce Stillman, Oliver R. Grace Professor and CEO of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, discusses the highs and lows of life as a scientist. About Bruce Stillman "I’m a biologist and biochemist, and President of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York. I’m a scientist who works on the inheritance of genetic information, the inheritance of DNA and how…

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