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The End of Space and Time? - Professor Robbert Dijkgraaf
Robbert Dijkgraaf's focus is on string theory, quantum gravity, and the interface between mathematics and particle physics, bringing them together in an accessible way, looking at sciences, the arts and other matters. All our lectures are available for free download from the Gresham College website, in video, audio or text formats: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Gresham College professors and guest speakers have been giving free public lectures in central London since 1597. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-andCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Mar 28, 2012 -
Clusters of Galaxies - Professor Carolin Crawford
Clusters of galaxies are the largest organised structures in the Universe that appear gravitationally bound, containing thousands of galaxies all confined to a volume of space only tens of millions of light years across. They are laboratories for extreme galaxy evolution, as many of the processes that can change the structure of galaxies are accelerated in such a crowded environment. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/clusters-of-galaxiesCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Mar 14, 2012 -
Rotation in Space - Professor Carolin Crawford
Rotation is a fundamental physical process throughout the Universe. So much is spinning, from planets and stars revolving on their axes, to whole spiral galaxies rotating around their centre. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/rotation-in-spaceCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Feb 6, 2012 -
The Sound of Saturn: The Winds of Titan, from the Huygens Probe
The actual sound recording from the Huygens Probe as it descends through the methane atmospheres of Titan, to land on the surface of this moon of Saturn. This is the sound of the landing on another body in our solar system most distant from the earth.Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Feb 1, 2012 -
The Sounds of the Universe - Professor Carolin Crawford
In space no-one can hear you scream... but it is still a noisy Universe. We are familiar with the many stunning images of space, but these are only part of the whole human experience. This lecture takes a new approach to appreciating the Universe, through the vehicle of sound. Once we understand how sound is propagated, we can look at the how and where it can exist in space. We examine how sound can be a diagnostic of cosmic phenomena (such as the song of the Sun and distant stars), the way it can carry eneCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Dec 14, 2011 -
A voyage round Saturn, its rings and moons - Professor Carolin Crawford
Saturn is the most beautiful planet in our Solar System. Famous for its bright yet ethereal rings, the gas giant has over sixty natural satellites in orbit around it – and one artificial satellite: NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which provides many of the results and images that will be showcased in this talk. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/a-voyage-round-saturn-its-rings-and-moonsCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Nov 10, 2011 -
The Afterglow Of Creation - Professor Ian Morison
Astronomers have learnt about the early universe from the discovery in 1965 and subsequent observations of the radiation left over from the Big Bang. Jodrell Bank receivers are aboard the Planck spacecraft now observing this afterglow with unequalled clarity. What might it tell us about the past and future of our universe? http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-afterglow-of-creationCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Sep 8, 2011 -
To Infinity and Beyond - Professor Ian Morison
An overview of the development of cosmology over the last 100 years from the Big Bang models of the Universe to the astounding revelation of recent years in that we have no real understanding of 96% of its content! Or even that our Universe could just be one small part of a Multiverse that extends beyond our imagination! http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/to-infinity-and-beyondCollected in Astronomy Lectures by Professor Ian Morison May 11, 2011 -
To Infinity and Beyond - Professor Ian Morison
An overview of the development of cosmology over the last 100 years from the Big Bang models of the Universe to the astounding revelation of recent years in that we have no real understanding of 96% of its content! Or even that our Universe could just be one small part of a Multiverse that extends beyond our imagination! http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/to-infinity-and-beyondCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Apr 28, 2011 -
Hubble's Heritage - Professor Ian Morison
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Unsolved Mysteries of the Universe - Professor Ian Morison - Gresham College astronomy lecture
There are many things that we do not understand about our Universe. This lecture will discuss some of the most perplexing of these and survey the instruments that are now being built and planned to help us fathom its mysteries.Collected in Astronomy Lectures by Professor Ian Morison Mar 16, 2011 -
Proving Einstein right! - Professor Ian Morison - Gresham College Lectures
A gentle introduction to Einstein's General Theory of Relativity discussing gravitational waves and the curvature of space and how, since 1915, experiments have been undertaken to test its accuracy. Recent observations by Jodrell Bank astronomers have shown that Einstein's theory must be at least 99.95% right!Collected in Astronomy Lectures by Professor Ian Morison Mar 16, 2011 -
Beauty in the Heavens - Professor Ian Morison - Gresham College Lectures
Three of the most beautiful sights that we can observe in the sky are the Aurora Borealis and eclipses of the Sun and Moon. This lecture explains how such phenomena arise, describes what we can see and gives details of upcoming eclipses.Collected in Astronomy Lectures by Professor Ian Morison Mar 16, 2011 -
50 years of the Lovell telescope - Professor Ian Morison - Gresham College Lectures
A topical lecture about an icon of British science and technology as it passes its 50th anniversary. The lecture also gives an introduction to the art of radio astronomy and how it enables us to observe parts of the universe that optical telescopes cannot reach.Collected in Astronomy Lectures by Professor Ian Morison Mar 16, 2011 -
Watchers of the skies - Professor Ian Morison - Gresham College Lectures
How our knowledge and understanding of the universe has increased over the centuries so that we now have a surprisingly accurate idea of its size, age and makeup - much of it unseen in the form of dark matter and dark energy! All our lectures are available for free download from the Gresham College website, in video, audio or text formats: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Gresham College professors and guest speakers have been giving free public lectures in central London since 1597.Collected in Astronomy Lectures by Professor Ian Morison Mar 16, 2011 -
Colour in the Cosmos - Professor Ian Morison - Gresham College Lectures
The wonderful colour images that we now have - many from the Hubble Space telescope - of nebulae, stars and galaxies can tell us much about the Universe. The lecture will present some of the very best and show what we can learn from them.Collected in Astronomy Lectures by Professor Ian Morison Mar 16, 2011 -
The Book Of Universes - Professor John Barrow
A special event to mark the publication of Professor Barrow's new book, 'The Book of Universes', available from The Bodley Head publishers: http://www.rbooks.co.uk/product.aspx?id=1847920985 This is a book about universes, a story that revolves around a single unusual and unappreciated fact: that Einstein’s famous theory of relativity describe universes – entire universes.Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Mar 7, 2011 -
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The Heart of the Matter - Frank Close
We take a voyage into matter and back to the start of time to see how the basic pieces were created, how they have been cooked in stars to make elements of life and how critical their separate identities have been to enable us to be here some 12 billion years after the Big Bang. All our lectures are available for free download from the Gresham College website, in video, audio or text formats: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Gresham College professors and guest speakers have been giving free public lectures in centCollected in GreshamCollege's videos Feb 12, 2011 -
Unsolved Mysteries of the Universe - Professor Ian Morison - Gresham College astronomy lecture
There are many things that we do not understand about our Universe. This lecture will discuss some of the most perplexing of these and survey the instruments that are now being built and planned to help us fathom its mysteries.Collected in GreshamCollege's videos Dec 25, 2010
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GreshamCollege Robbert Dijkgraaf's focus is on string theory, quantum gravity, and the interface between mathematics and particle physics, bringing them together in an accessible way, looking at sciences, the arts and other matters. All our lectures are available for free download from the Gresham College website, in video, audio or text formats: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Gresham College professors and guest speakers have been giving free public lectures in central London since 1597. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and Read More
Mar 28, 2012